Information Development

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SCImago
Q2
Impact factor
2
SJR
0.504
CiteScore
5.1
Categories
Library and Information Sciences
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1985-2025
journal names
Information Development
INFORM DEV
Publications
2 261
Citations
10 241
h-index
38
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
University of South Africa
University of South Africa (62 publications)
University of Botswana
University of Botswana (42 publications)
University of Ghana
University of Ghana (42 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (144 publications)
China (137 publications)
United Kingdom (126 publications)

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Publishing countries

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South Africa, 144, 6.37%
China, 137, 6.06%
United Kingdom, 126, 5.57%
Nigeria, 99, 4.38%
Malaysia, 75, 3.32%
USA, 72, 3.18%
Ghana, 70, 3.1%
Republic of Korea, 68, 3.01%
Pakistan, 61, 2.7%
Botswana, 42, 1.86%
Netherlands, 41, 1.81%
Tanzania, 40, 1.77%
Turkey, 40, 1.77%
India, 39, 1.72%
Brazil, 37, 1.64%
Kenya, 29, 1.28%
Thailand, 27, 1.19%
Bangladesh, 21, 0.93%
Iran, 21, 0.93%
Zimbabwe, 19, 0.84%
Sri Lanka, 18, 0.8%
Saudi Arabia, 17, 0.75%
UAE, 16, 0.71%
Australia, 15, 0.66%
Italy, 14, 0.62%
Namibia, 14, 0.62%
Uganda, 14, 0.62%
Spain, 13, 0.57%
Zambia, 12, 0.53%
Indonesia, 12, 0.53%
Jordan, 12, 0.53%
Canada, 12, 0.53%
Ethiopia, 11, 0.49%
Egypt, 9, 0.4%
Iraq, 9, 0.4%
Papua New Guinea, 9, 0.4%
Sweden, 9, 0.4%
Belgium, 8, 0.35%
Kuwait, 8, 0.35%
Mexico, 8, 0.35%
Singapore, 8, 0.35%
Germany, 7, 0.31%
Malawi, 7, 0.31%
Trinidad and Tobago, 7, 0.31%
Vietnam, 6, 0.27%
Switzerland, 6, 0.27%
Russia, 5, 0.22%
France, 5, 0.22%
Benin, 5, 0.22%
Venezuela, 5, 0.22%
Lesotho, 5, 0.22%
Philippines, 5, 0.22%
Portugal, 4, 0.18%
Cameroon, 4, 0.18%
Cyprus, 4, 0.18%
New Zealand, 4, 0.18%
Eswatini, 4, 0.18%
Kazakhstan, 3, 0.13%
Bahrain, 3, 0.13%
Denmark, 3, 0.13%
Ireland, 3, 0.13%
Norway, 3, 0.13%
Sierra Leone, 3, 0.13%
Czech Republic, 3, 0.13%
Jamaica, 3, 0.13%
Belize, 2, 0.09%
Burkina Faso, 2, 0.09%
Hungary, 2, 0.09%
Greece, 2, 0.09%
Yemen, 2, 0.09%
Libya, 2, 0.09%
Mozambique, 2, 0.09%
Oman, 2, 0.09%
Palestine, 2, 0.09%
Peru, 2, 0.09%
Senegal, 2, 0.09%
Slovakia, 2, 0.09%
Sudan, 2, 0.09%
Uzbekistan, 2, 0.09%
Fiji, 2, 0.09%
Finland, 2, 0.09%
Croatia, 2, 0.09%
Eritrea, 2, 0.09%
Austria, 1, 0.04%
Albania, 1, 0.04%
Virgin Islands, British, 1, 0.04%
Guatemala, 1, 0.04%
Colombia, 1, 0.04%
Cuba, 1, 0.04%
Mauritius, 1, 0.04%
Madagascar, 1, 0.04%
Malta, 1, 0.04%
Nepal, 1, 0.04%
Serbia, 1, 0.04%
Slovenia, 1, 0.04%
Tunisia, 1, 0.04%
Uruguay, 1, 0.04%
South Sudan, 1, 0.04%
Japan, 1, 0.04%
Czechoslovakia, 1, 0.04%
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China, 64, 15.13%
South Africa, 54, 12.77%
Pakistan, 35, 8.27%
Nigeria, 32, 7.57%
Malaysia, 24, 5.67%
Ghana, 22, 5.2%
Turkey, 19, 4.49%
USA, 18, 4.26%
Republic of Korea, 17, 4.02%
Tanzania, 17, 4.02%
Iran, 15, 3.55%
UAE, 12, 2.84%
United Kingdom, 11, 2.6%
India, 11, 2.6%
Bangladesh, 10, 2.36%
Jordan, 10, 2.36%
Kenya, 9, 2.13%
Australia, 8, 1.89%
Brazil, 8, 1.89%
Indonesia, 8, 1.89%
Thailand, 8, 1.89%
Vietnam, 6, 1.42%
Saudi Arabia, 6, 1.42%
Russia, 5, 1.18%
Egypt, 4, 0.95%
Spain, 4, 0.95%
Cyprus, 4, 0.95%
Uganda, 4, 0.95%
Sri Lanka, 4, 0.95%
Zimbabwe, 3, 0.71%
Italy, 3, 0.71%
Kuwait, 3, 0.71%
Mexico, 3, 0.71%
Namibia, 3, 0.71%
New Zealand, 3, 0.71%
Philippines, 3, 0.71%
Belize, 2, 0.47%
Benin, 2, 0.47%
Iraq, 2, 0.47%
Cameroon, 2, 0.47%
Canada, 2, 0.47%
Netherlands, 2, 0.47%
Oman, 2, 0.47%
Singapore, 2, 0.47%
Uzbekistan, 2, 0.47%
Sweden, 2, 0.47%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.24%
Albania, 1, 0.24%
Ireland, 1, 0.24%
Yemen, 1, 0.24%
Malawi, 1, 0.24%
Mozambique, 1, 0.24%
Nepal, 1, 0.24%
Palestine, 1, 0.24%
Serbia, 1, 0.24%
Slovakia, 1, 0.24%
Finland, 1, 0.24%
Switzerland, 1, 0.24%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.24%
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