World Bank Research Observer

Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
ISSN: 02573032, 15646971

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
3.3
SJR
3.281
CiteScore
15.6
Categories
Development
Economics and Econometrics
Areas
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1986-2025
journal names
World Bank Research Observer
WORLD BANK RES OBSER
Publications
484
Citations
30 331
h-index
87
Publications
57
Citations
11 447
Top-3 citing journals
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Sustainability
Sustainability (304 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Imperial College London
Imperial College London (2 publications)
University of Exeter
University of Exeter (2 publications)
Uppsala University
Uppsala University (1 publication)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (67 publications)
USA (43 publications)
Italy (13 publications)
USA (14 publications)
United Kingdom (13 publications)
Italy (4 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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SSRN Electronic Journal
2250 citations, 7.42%
World Development
904 citations, 2.98%
Sustainability
304 citations, 1%
Journal of Development Studies
277 citations, 0.91%
Journal of Development Economics
262 citations, 0.86%
Land Use Policy
178 citations, 0.59%
Journal of International Development
158 citations, 0.52%
Economic Development and Cultural Change
137 citations, 0.45%
IMF Working Paper
135 citations, 0.45%
World Bank Research Observer
109 citations, 0.36%
Ecological Economics
106 citations, 0.35%
World Economy
102 citations, 0.34%
Food Policy
101 citations, 0.33%
World Bank Economic Review
99 citations, 0.33%
Applied Economics
98 citations, 0.32%
Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)
95 citations, 0.31%
PLoS ONE
95 citations, 0.31%
International Journal of Social Economics
92 citations, 0.3%
Social Indicators Research
89 citations, 0.29%
Economic Modelling
88 citations, 0.29%
European Journal of Development Research
85 citations, 0.28%
Development Policy Review
79 citations, 0.26%
Review of Development Economics
78 citations, 0.26%
International Journal of Educational Development
73 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Rural Studies
70 citations, 0.23%
Social Science and Medicine
70 citations, 0.23%
African Development Review
62 citations, 0.2%
Economics of Education Review
61 citations, 0.2%
Land
56 citations, 0.18%
Small Business Economics
54 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
54 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Banking and Finance
53 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Development Effectiveness
52 citations, 0.17%
Review of Income and Wealth
52 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
52 citations, 0.17%
Energy Policy
49 citations, 0.16%
Journal of International Trade and Economic Development
48 citations, 0.16%
Oxford Development Studies
46 citations, 0.15%
Energy Economics
45 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Public Administration
44 citations, 0.15%
American Journal of Agricultural Economics
44 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Public Economics
44 citations, 0.15%
Forest Policy and Economics
43 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
43 citations, 0.14%
Regional Studies
42 citations, 0.14%
Cogent Economics and Finance
42 citations, 0.14%
Review of World Economics
42 citations, 0.14%
Environment, Development and Sustainability
41 citations, 0.14%
Public Administration and Development
41 citations, 0.14%
Food Security
40 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
39 citations, 0.13%
BMC Public Health
39 citations, 0.13%
International Business Review
38 citations, 0.13%
Journal of African Economies
38 citations, 0.13%
Water (Switzerland)
38 citations, 0.13%
Health Policy and Planning
37 citations, 0.12%
Health Economics (United Kingdom)
37 citations, 0.12%
Urban Studies
37 citations, 0.12%
International Review of Economics and Finance
36 citations, 0.12%
American Economic Review
36 citations, 0.12%
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
35 citations, 0.12%
International Journal of Finance and Economics
35 citations, 0.12%
European Journal of Political Economy
35 citations, 0.12%
China Economic Review
35 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Asian Economics
35 citations, 0.12%
Handbook of Development Economics
35 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Policy Modeling
34 citations, 0.11%
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
34 citations, 0.11%
Development in Practice
34 citations, 0.11%
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
33 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Cleaner Production
32 citations, 0.11%
Global Environmental Change
32 citations, 0.11%
Review of Economics of the Household
32 citations, 0.11%
Habitat International
32 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Comparative Economics
32 citations, 0.11%
Global Food Security
31 citations, 0.1%
Development and Change
30 citations, 0.1%
Frontiers in Psychology
30 citations, 0.1%
Review of Economics and Statistics
30 citations, 0.1%
Economies
30 citations, 0.1%
Singapore Economic Review
30 citations, 0.1%
Resources Policy
30 citations, 0.1%
Journal of International Business Studies
29 citations, 0.1%
Education Economics
29 citations, 0.1%
Research in International Business and Finance
29 citations, 0.1%
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
29 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Risk and Financial Management
29 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Economic Studies
28 citations, 0.09%
International Review of Financial Analysis
28 citations, 0.09%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
28 citations, 0.09%
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
27 citations, 0.09%
The Lancet
27 citations, 0.09%
Environment and Planning A
27 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Economic Perspectives
27 citations, 0.09%
Agrekon
26 citations, 0.09%
Economic Systems
26 citations, 0.09%
Development Southern Africa
26 citations, 0.09%
Environment and Development Economics
26 citations, 0.09%
Cities
26 citations, 0.09%
Environmental and Resource Economics
26 citations, 0.09%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
6096 citations, 20.1%
Springer Nature
3636 citations, 11.99%
Taylor & Francis
3567 citations, 11.76%
Wiley
3119 citations, 10.28%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
2129 citations, 7.02%
SAGE
1270 citations, 4.19%
Emerald
1167 citations, 3.85%
Cambridge University Press
1117 citations, 3.68%
Oxford University Press
1017 citations, 3.35%
MDPI
822 citations, 2.71%
IGI Global
294 citations, 0.97%
University of Chicago Press
240 citations, 0.79%
American Economic Association
180 citations, 0.59%
Frontiers Media S.A.
173 citations, 0.57%
International Monetary Fund
164 citations, 0.54%
Walter de Gruyter
159 citations, 0.52%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
146 citations, 0.48%
World Scientific
144 citations, 0.47%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
114 citations, 0.38%
Annual Reviews
107 citations, 0.35%
CAIRN
90 citations, 0.3%
SciELO
72 citations, 0.24%
MIT Press
66 citations, 0.22%
IOP Publishing
64 citations, 0.21%
OpenEdition
64 citations, 0.21%
BMJ
56 citations, 0.18%
Scientific Research Publishing
49 citations, 0.16%
Virtus Interpress
48 citations, 0.16%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
39 citations, 0.13%
IWA Publishing
36 citations, 0.12%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
35 citations, 0.12%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
34 citations, 0.11%
EDP Sciences
33 citations, 0.11%
Hindawi Limited
32 citations, 0.11%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
31 citations, 0.1%
AOSIS
30 citations, 0.1%
NP Voprosy Ekonomiki
26 citations, 0.09%
IntechOpen
24 citations, 0.08%
Academic Journals
23 citations, 0.08%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
21 citations, 0.07%
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, University of Sussex
21 citations, 0.07%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
21 citations, 0.07%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
20 citations, 0.07%
Brill
18 citations, 0.06%
F1000 Research
16 citations, 0.05%
American Society for Nutrition
15 citations, 0.05%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
15 citations, 0.05%
Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural
14 citations, 0.05%
American Psychological Association (APA)
14 citations, 0.05%
Research Square Platform LLC
14 citations, 0.05%
University of California Press
13 citations, 0.04%
The Royal Society
13 citations, 0.04%
Berkeley Electronic Press
12 citations, 0.04%
Academy of Management
12 citations, 0.04%
Institut de Sciences Mathematiques et Economiques Appliquees
12 citations, 0.04%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
11 citations, 0.04%
Liverpool University Press
11 citations, 0.04%
Akademiai Kiado
11 citations, 0.04%
PERSEE Program
11 citations, 0.04%
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
10 citations, 0.03%
AIP Publishing
10 citations, 0.03%
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
10 citations, 0.03%
Consortium Erudit
10 citations, 0.03%
American Educational Research Association
10 citations, 0.03%
The Econometric Society
10 citations, 0.03%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
9 citations, 0.03%
Vysoka Skola Ekonomicka
9 citations, 0.03%
Copernicus
9 citations, 0.03%
Borsa Istanbul Anonim Sirketi
9 citations, 0.03%
American Public Health Association
9 citations, 0.03%
Trans Tech Publications
8 citations, 0.03%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
8 citations, 0.03%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
8 citations, 0.03%
Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas
8 citations, 0.03%
Sirey
8 citations, 0.03%
Duncker & Humblot GmbH
8 citations, 0.03%
AMO Publisher
8 citations, 0.03%
Indiana University Press
7 citations, 0.02%
Bureau for Economic Research
7 citations, 0.02%
JMIR Publications
7 citations, 0.02%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
7 citations, 0.02%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
7 citations, 0.02%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
7 citations, 0.02%
Prague University of Economics and Business
7 citations, 0.02%
Pleiades Publishing
6 citations, 0.02%
Mary Ann Liebert
6 citations, 0.02%
Springer Publishing Company
6 citations, 0.02%
Pensoft Publishers
6 citations, 0.02%
Kerman University of Medical Sciences
6 citations, 0.02%
Africagrowth Institute
6 citations, 0.02%
CSIRO Publishing
6 citations, 0.02%
Srinivas University
6 citations, 0.02%
American Marketing Association
5 citations, 0.02%
Instituto de Pesquisas Economicas
5 citations, 0.02%
American Meteorological Society
5 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
5 citations, 0.02%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
5 citations, 0.02%
School of Economics and Business in Sarajevo
5 citations, 0.02%
American Medical Association (AMA)
5 citations, 0.02%
Now Publishers
5 citations, 0.02%
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University of Oxford
44 publications, 9.09%
London School of Economics and Political Science
6 publications, 1.24%
Harvard University
4 publications, 0.83%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
3 publications, 0.62%
Cornell University
3 publications, 0.62%
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
3 publications, 0.62%
Ege University
2 publications, 0.41%
Imperial College London
2 publications, 0.41%
University of Edinburgh
2 publications, 0.41%
University of Manchester
2 publications, 0.41%
Johns Hopkins University
2 publications, 0.41%
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2 publications, 0.41%
Stanford University
2 publications, 0.41%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.41%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 0.41%
University of Maryland, College Park
2 publications, 0.41%
University of Pennsylvania
2 publications, 0.41%
University of East Anglia
2 publications, 0.41%
University of Exeter
2 publications, 0.41%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 0.41%
Toulouse School of Economics
2 publications, 0.41%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.21%
Uppsala University
1 publication, 0.21%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Milano-Bicocca
1 publication, 0.21%
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
1 publication, 0.21%
University College London
1 publication, 0.21%
Brunel University London
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.21%
Maastricht University
1 publication, 0.21%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.21%
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
1 publication, 0.21%
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Waikato
1 publication, 0.21%
University of South Australia
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.21%
University of the Witwatersrand
1 publication, 0.21%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.21%
Northwestern University
1 publication, 0.21%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.21%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.21%
International Rice Research Institute
1 publication, 0.21%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.21%
RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
1 publication, 0.21%
National University of La Plata
1 publication, 0.21%
Tulane University
1 publication, 0.21%
Dartmouth College
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Göttingen
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Passau
1 publication, 0.21%
German Institute for Economic Research
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.21%
Paris School of Economics
1 publication, 0.21%
Technical University of Ostrava
1 publication, 0.21%
Pompeu Fabra University
1 publication, 0.21%
Fordham University
1 publication, 0.21%
United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
1 publication, 0.21%
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Navarra
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.21%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Greenwich
1 publication, 0.21%
Montana State University
1 publication, 0.21%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 0.21%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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Imperial College London
2 publications, 3.51%
University of Exeter
2 publications, 3.51%
Uppsala University
1 publication, 1.75%
University of Milano-Bicocca
1 publication, 1.75%
University College London
1 publication, 1.75%
Brunel University London
1 publication, 1.75%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 1.75%
Maastricht University
1 publication, 1.75%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 1.75%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 1.75%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 1.75%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
1 publication, 1.75%
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
1 publication, 1.75%
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
1 publication, 1.75%
University of South Australia
1 publication, 1.75%
Stanford University
1 publication, 1.75%
Northwestern University
1 publication, 1.75%
Duke University
1 publication, 1.75%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 1.75%
Harvard University
1 publication, 1.75%
Tufts University
1 publication, 1.75%
Tulane University
1 publication, 1.75%
Dartmouth College
1 publication, 1.75%
German Institute for Economic Research
1 publication, 1.75%
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
1 publication, 1.75%
Technical University of Ostrava
1 publication, 1.75%
Fordham University
1 publication, 1.75%
University of East Anglia
1 publication, 1.75%
United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
1 publication, 1.75%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1 publication, 1.75%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 1.75%
Toulouse School of Economics
1 publication, 1.75%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 1.75%
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Publishing countries

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United Kingdom, 67, 13.84%
United Kingdom
67 publications, 13.84%
USA, 43, 8.88%
USA
43 publications, 8.88%
Italy, 13, 2.69%
Italy
13 publications, 2.69%
Germany, 8, 1.65%
Germany
8 publications, 1.65%
France, 5, 1.03%
France
5 publications, 1.03%
Belgium, 2, 0.41%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.41%
Netherlands, 2, 0.41%
Netherlands
2 publications, 0.41%
Turkey, 2, 0.41%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.41%
Sweden, 2, 0.41%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.41%
South Africa, 2, 0.41%
South Africa
2 publications, 0.41%
Australia, 1, 0.21%
Australia
1 publication, 0.21%
Argentina, 1, 0.21%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.21%
Ireland, 1, 0.21%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.21%
Spain, 1, 0.21%
Spain
1 publication, 0.21%
Canada, 1, 0.21%
Canada
1 publication, 0.21%
New Zealand, 1, 0.21%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.21%
Panama, 1, 0.21%
Panama
1 publication, 0.21%
Senegal, 1, 0.21%
Senegal
1 publication, 0.21%
Philippines, 1, 0.21%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.21%
Finland, 1, 0.21%
Finland
1 publication, 0.21%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.21%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.21%
Switzerland, 1, 0.21%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.21%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 14, 24.56%
USA
14 publications, 24.56%
United Kingdom, 13, 22.81%
United Kingdom
13 publications, 22.81%
Italy, 4, 7.02%
Italy
4 publications, 7.02%
Germany, 3, 5.26%
Germany
3 publications, 5.26%
France, 3, 5.26%
France
3 publications, 5.26%
Australia, 1, 1.75%
Australia
1 publication, 1.75%
Belgium, 1, 1.75%
Belgium
1 publication, 1.75%
Netherlands, 1, 1.75%
Netherlands
1 publication, 1.75%
Czech Republic, 1, 1.75%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 1.75%
Sweden, 1, 1.75%
Sweden
1 publication, 1.75%
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