Journal of Development Economics

Elsevier
Elsevier
ISSN: 03043878, 18726089

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SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
5.1
SJR
3.737
CiteScore
8.3
Categories
Development
Economics and Econometrics
Areas
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1974-2025
journal names
Journal of Development Economics
J DEV ECON
Publications
4 244
Citations
192 449
h-index
200
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (18658 citations)
World Development
World Development (5392 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (86 publications)
Yale University
Yale University (83 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (77 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (2111 publications)
United Kingdom (451 publications)
China (206 publications)

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United Kingdom, 451, 10.63%
China, 206, 4.85%
Canada, 170, 4.01%
Germany, 138, 3.25%
France, 134, 3.16%
India, 129, 3.04%
Australia, 98, 2.31%
Italy, 84, 1.98%
Belgium, 79, 1.86%
Spain, 62, 1.46%
Netherlands, 62, 1.46%
Chile, 62, 1.46%
Switzerland, 59, 1.39%
Israel, 58, 1.37%
Brazil, 57, 1.34%
Sweden, 56, 1.32%
Japan, 52, 1.23%
Singapore, 51, 1.2%
Colombia, 47, 1.11%
Mexico, 46, 1.08%
Argentina, 37, 0.87%
Norway, 37, 0.87%
Republic of Korea, 33, 0.78%
Turkey, 26, 0.61%
Denmark, 23, 0.54%
New Zealand, 23, 0.54%
South Africa, 22, 0.52%
Philippines, 21, 0.49%
Ireland, 19, 0.45%
Portugal, 17, 0.4%
Greece, 15, 0.35%
Kenya, 13, 0.31%
Peru, 12, 0.28%
Bangladesh, 11, 0.26%
UAE, 11, 0.26%
Pakistan, 11, 0.26%
Finland, 11, 0.26%
Russia, 10, 0.24%
Egypt, 10, 0.24%
Austria, 9, 0.21%
Indonesia, 9, 0.21%
Ethiopia, 9, 0.21%
Uganda, 7, 0.16%
Ghana, 6, 0.14%
Czech Republic, 6, 0.14%
Luxembourg, 5, 0.12%
Tanzania, 5, 0.12%
Côte d'Ivoire, 4, 0.09%
Malaysia, 4, 0.09%
Mali, 4, 0.09%
Mozambique, 4, 0.09%
Nigeria, 4, 0.09%
Senegal, 4, 0.09%
Ecuador, 4, 0.09%
Jamaica, 4, 0.09%
Burkina Faso, 3, 0.07%
Zambia, 3, 0.07%
Cyprus, 3, 0.07%
Morocco, 3, 0.07%
Sudan, 3, 0.07%
Tunisia, 3, 0.07%
Barbados, 2, 0.05%
Vietnam, 2, 0.05%
Guatemala, 2, 0.05%
Iceland, 2, 0.05%
Cambodia, 2, 0.05%
Qatar, 2, 0.05%
Costa Rica, 2, 0.05%
Lebanon, 2, 0.05%
Malawi, 2, 0.05%
Nepal, 2, 0.05%
Palestine, 2, 0.05%
Thailand, 2, 0.05%
Trinidad and Tobago, 2, 0.05%
Uruguay, 2, 0.05%
Sri Lanka, 2, 0.05%
Ukraine, 1, 0.02%
Benin, 1, 0.02%
Botswana, 1, 0.02%
Hungary, 1, 0.02%
Venezuela, 1, 0.02%
Gambia, 1, 0.02%
Iran, 1, 0.02%
Kyrgyzstan, 1, 0.02%
Kuwait, 1, 0.02%
Papua New Guinea, 1, 0.02%
Paraguay, 1, 0.02%
Poland, 1, 0.02%
Rwanda, 1, 0.02%
Serbia, 1, 0.02%
Fiji, 1, 0.02%
Yugoslavia, 1, 0.02%
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United Kingdom, 101, 13.4%
China, 88, 11.67%
Germany, 56, 7.43%
France, 30, 3.98%
Canada, 28, 3.71%
India, 27, 3.58%
Italy, 25, 3.32%
Australia, 20, 2.65%
Netherlands, 18, 2.39%
Spain, 16, 2.12%
Colombia, 16, 2.12%
Singapore, 15, 1.99%
Brazil, 14, 1.86%
Switzerland, 12, 1.59%
Sweden, 12, 1.59%
Belgium, 10, 1.33%
Norway, 10, 1.33%
Chile, 9, 1.19%
Portugal, 8, 1.06%
South Africa, 8, 1.06%
Argentina, 7, 0.93%
Ireland, 7, 0.93%
Kenya, 7, 0.93%
UAE, 7, 0.93%
Turkey, 7, 0.93%
Japan, 7, 0.93%
Mexico, 6, 0.8%
Peru, 6, 0.8%
Denmark, 5, 0.66%
Egypt, 5, 0.66%
Pakistan, 5, 0.66%
Bangladesh, 4, 0.53%
Israel, 4, 0.53%
Mali, 4, 0.53%
Republic of Korea, 4, 0.53%
Uganda, 4, 0.53%
Burkina Faso, 3, 0.4%
Mozambique, 3, 0.4%
Tanzania, 3, 0.4%
Czech Republic, 3, 0.4%
Russia, 2, 0.27%
Vietnam, 2, 0.27%
Ghana, 2, 0.27%
Malawi, 2, 0.27%
Malaysia, 2, 0.27%
Senegal, 2, 0.27%
Finland, 2, 0.27%
Austria, 1, 0.13%
Benin, 1, 0.13%
Gambia, 1, 0.13%
Greece, 1, 0.13%
Zambia, 1, 0.13%
Iran, 1, 0.13%
Qatar, 1, 0.13%
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Lebanon, 1, 0.13%
Luxembourg, 1, 0.13%
Morocco, 1, 0.13%
Nepal, 1, 0.13%
Nigeria, 1, 0.13%
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Palestine, 1, 0.13%
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Rwanda, 1, 0.13%
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