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Best Development journals

309 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Development. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 79 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Tourism Management 24.3 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
2 Oeconomia Copernicana 18.9 99th Q1 SSCI Yes
3 Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 16 99th Q1 Yes
4 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 14.5 98th Q1 SSCI C No
5 Sustainable Development 13.6 98th Q1 SSCI C No
6 World Bank Research Observer 12.8 98th Q1 SSCI B No
7 Food Security 12.4 97th Q1 SCIE No
8 Annals of Tourism Research 11.9 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
9 Information Technology for Development 11.9 97th Q1 SSCI A No
10 Cities 11.5 96th Q1 SSCI No
11 Food Policy 11 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
12 Journal of Rural Studies 10.9 96th Q1 SSCI No
13 Energy, Sustainability and Society 10.3 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Transportation 10.2 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
15 International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks 10.2 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
16 New Political Economy 9.5 95th Q1 SSCI A No
17 World Development 9.3 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
18 Climate and Development 9.1 94th Q1 SSCI B No
19 Regional Sustainability 8.9 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
20 Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies 8.9 93th Q1 ESCI B No
21 Tourism Planning and Development 8.8 93th Q1 ESCI A No
22 Societies and Political Orders in Transition 8.7 93th Q1 No
23 Research in Globalization 8.7 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
24 Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 8.5 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
25 Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 8.5 92th Q1 SSCI No
26 International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 8.4 91th Q1 SSCI Yes
27 Journal of the American Planning Association 8.4 91th Q1 SSCI No
28 Journal of Social Entrepreneurship 8.3 91th Q1 ESCI B No
29 Futures 8.2 90th Q1 SSCI B No
30 Journal of Development Economics 8.2 90th Q1 SSCI A* No
31 Extractive Industries and Society 8 90th Q1 SSCI No
32 Population and Development Review 7.9 89th Q1 SSCI A No
33 Housing Policy Debate 7.3 89th Q1 SSCI B No
34 Journal of Planning Education and Research 7.3 89th Q1 SSCI No
35 Land Degradation and Development 7.3 89th Q1 SCIE No
36 Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 7.1 88th Q1 ESCI C No
37 Policy Sciences 6.8 88th Q1 SSCI B No
38 Urban Governance 6.7 88th Q1 Yes
39 East European Politics 6.6 87th Q1 SSCI No
40 Journal of Contemporary China 6.5 87th Q1 SSCI No
41 Nanomedicine 6.5 87th Q1 SCIE No
42 Community, Work and Family 6.4 86th Q1 ESCI C No
43 Journal of African Business 6.3 86th Q1 ESCI C No
44 Business Strategy and Development 6.2 86th Q1 ESCI No
45 European Journal of Development Research 6.1 85th Q1 SSCI B No
46 Digital Geography and Society 6.1 85th Q1 Yes
47 International Journal of Water Resources Development 6.1 85th Q1 SCIE No
48 Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 6 84th Q1 SSCI B No
49 Development and Change 6 84th Q1 SSCI B No
50 Environment and Development Economics 6 84th Q1 SSCI B No
51 Social Enterprise Journal 5.9 83th Q1 ESCI C No
52 Journal of International Relations and Development 5.8 83th Q1 SSCI C No
53 Asian Education and Development Studies 5.8 83th Q1 ESCI No
54 Regional Science Policy and Practice 5.6 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
55 African Development Review 5.5 82th Q1 SSCI C No
56 Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 5.5 82th Q1 ESCI C No
57 Innovation and Development 5.5 82th Q1 ESCI No
58 Environmental Hazards 5.4 81th Q1 SSCI No
59 Global Social Challenges Journal 5.4 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
60 Local Government Studies 5.3 81th Q1 SSCI A No
61 Housing, Theory and Society 5.3 80th Q1 SSCI No
62 International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development 5.3 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
63 Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 5.2 80th Q1 SCIE No
64 Economies 5.2 79th Q1 ESCI C Yes
65 China Quarterly 5.1 79th Q1 SSCI A No
66 World Bank Economic Review 5.1 79th Q1 SSCI A No
67 Global Transitions 5.1 78th Q1 ESCI Yes
68 Journal of Workplace Learning 4.9 78th Q1 ESCI C No
69 Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science 4.9 78th Q1 ESCI No
70 Millennial Asia 4.8 77th Q1 ESCI C No
71 Social Policy and Administration 4.8 77th Q1 SSCI A No
72 Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 4.8 77th Q1 SSCI B No
73 International Journal of Development Issues 4.7 76th Q1 C No
74 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 4.7 76th Q1 SSCI B No
75 Third World Quarterly 4.7 76th Q1 SSCI A No
76 Public Administration and Development 4.6 75th Q1 SSCI A No
77 Small Enterprise Research 4.6 75th Q1 ESCI B No
78 Central Asian Survey 4.6 75th Q1 SSCI No
79 Development Policy Review 4.5 75th Q1 SSCI B No
80 Journal of Regional Science 4.5 74th Q2 SSCI A No
81 Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 4.5 74th Q2 SSCI B No
82 Development Studies Research 4.5 74th Q2 Yes
83 Review of Development Economics 4.5 73th Q2 SSCI A No
84 International Journal of Educational Development 4.5 73th Q2 SSCI No
85 African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 4.4 73th Q2 ESCI No
86 Development Southern Africa 4.4 72th Q2 SSCI C No
87 World Development Perspectives 4.4 72th Q2 ESCI No
88 Journal of Law, Environmental and Justice 4.3 72th Q2 No
89 Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies 4.3 71th Q2 No
90 Global Public Policy and Governance 4.3 71th Q2 ESCI No
91 Society and Natural Resources 4.3 71th Q2 SSCI No
92 Transnational Corporations Review 4.2 70th Q2 C Yes
93 Evaluation 4.1 70th Q2 SSCI B No
94 Behavioral Sciences 4.1 70th Q2 SSCI Yes
95 East Asia 4.1 70th Q2 ESCI No
96 Journal of Development Studies 4.1 69th Q2 SSCI A No
97 Infinity Journal 4.1 69th Q2 Yes
98 Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 4.1 68th Q2 SSCI B No
99 Journal of International Development 4 68th Q2 SSCI B No
100 Maritime Studies 4 68th Q2 ESCI No

Rank and percentile are within the Development Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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