| Journal name | Total Citations | 2024 JIF | JIF Quartile | 2024 JCI | % of Citable OA |
| SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | 12,206 | 8.2 | Q1 | 1.97 | 33.23 |
| HABITAT INTERNATIONAL | 12,035 | 7.0 | Q1 | 1.71 | 20.13 |
| Information Technology for Development | 2,112 | 6.4 | Q1 | 1.51 | 19.42 |
| LONG RANGE PLANNING | 8,824 | 6.3 | Q1 | 1.80 | 43.10 |
| JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES | 5,731 | 5.0 | Q1 | 2.23 | 31.75 |
| WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 31,381 | 4.8 | Q1 | 1.74 | 44.37 |
| Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society | 2,627 | 4.7 | Q1 | 1.35 | 45.87 |
| Journal of Economics and Development | 494 | 4.3 | Q1 | 1.54 | 100.00 |
| Journal of Environmental Planning and Management | 5,977 | 3.6 | Q1 | 0.95 | 17.94 |
| ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 4,375 | 3.6 | Q1 | 0.89 | 34.43 |
| Climate and Development | 3,128 | 3.4 | Q1 | 0.75 | 20.29 |
| WORLD BANK RESEARCH OBSERVER | 1,867 | 3.3 | Q1 | 2.12 | 14.71 |
| DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE | 4,272 | 3.2 | Q1 | 1.03 | 60.56 |
| Journal of Economic Policy Reform | 588 | 3.2 | Q1 | 0.91 | 25.93 |
| AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW-REVUE AFRICAINE DE DEVELOPPEMENT | 1,768 | 3.1 | Q1 | 0.97 | 4.83 |
| Journal of Agrarian Change | 1,790 | 2.9 | Q1 | 0.82 | 52.04 |
| HOUSING POLICY DEBATE | 2,503 | 2.9 | Q1 | 0.78 | 11.27 |
| European Journal of Development Research | 2,235 | 2.6 | Q2 | 0.74 | 44.65 |
| World Development Perspectives | 859 | 2.3 | Q2 | 0.66 | 28.80 |
| SOCIAL POLICY & ADMINISTRATION | 2,616 | 2.2 | Q2 | 1.09 | 66.12 |
| Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning | 2,304 | 2.2 | Q2 | 0.66 | 46.46 |
| Review of Development Economics | 2,380 | 2.2 | Q2 | 0.66 | 25.24 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT | 1,309 | 2.1 | Q2 | 0.77 | 36.47 |
| GROWTH AND CHANGE | 2,051 | 2.1 | Q2 | 0.62 | 19.69 |
| Journal of Environment & Development | 1,022 | 2.0 | Q2 | 0.51 | 15.56 |
| SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES | 4,500 | 1.9 | Q2 | 0.63 | 17.20 |
| ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE | 2,872 | 1.8 | Q2 | 1.28 | 4.51 |
| WORLD BANK ECONOMIC REVIEW | 3,177 | 1.8 | Q2 | 0.68 | 24.81 |
| THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY | 6,296 | 1.8 | Q2 | 0.60 | 34.50 |
| Area Development and Policy | 456 | 1.8 | Q2 | 0.58 | 21.43 |
| Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development | 909 | 1.8 | Q2 | 0.57 | 100.00 |
| JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES | 5,852 | 1.8 | Q2 | 0.55 | 31.17 |
| Innovation and Development | 484 | 1.7 | Q3 | 0.62 | 17.39 |
| Journal of International Development | 2,813 | 1.7 | Q3 | 0.57 | 38.53 |
| ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT QUARTERLY | 888 | 1.6 | Q3 | 0.41 | 3.92 |
| INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING REVIEW | 614 | 1.5 | Q3 | 0.40 | 20.63 |
| Development Policy Review | 1,730 | 1.4 | Q3 | 0.58 | 47.98 |
| DEVELOPING ECONOMIES | 474 | 1.4 | Q3 | 0.53 | 8.33 |
| Community Development | 1,012 | 1.4 | Q3 | 0.45 | 7.48 |
| Development in Practice | 1,932 | 1.4 | Q3 | 0.31 | 23.74 |
| Journal of Sport for Development | 151 | 1.4 | Q3 | 0.29 | 0.00 |
| Journal of Human Development and Capabilities | 956 | 1.3 | Q3 | 0.51 | 29.73 |
| Development Southern Africa | 1,512 | 1.3 | Q3 | 0.33 | 21.71 |
| STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 1,405 | 1.2 | Q3 | 0.79 | 46.74 |
| Oxford Development Studies | 1,216 | 1.2 | Q3 | 0.43 | 31.34 |
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL | 1,106 | 1.1 | Q3 | 0.37 | 22.31 |
| Asian Development Review | 369 | 1.1 | Q3 | 0.36 | 78.13 |
| FORUM FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES | 428 | 1.1 | Q3 | 0.33 | 49.33 |
| Progress in Development Studies | 745 | 1.0 | Q4 | 0.40 | 43.64 |
| Journal of Social and Economic Development | 350 | 1.0 | Q4 | 0.37 | 17.22 |
| Indian Growth and Development Review | 159 | 1.0 | Q4 | 0.32 | 0.00 |
| Agrarian South-Journal of Political Economy | 96 | 0.9 | Q4 | 0.33 | 15.09 |
| Journal of Developing Societies | 422 | 0.9 | Q4 | 0.31 | 26.67 |
| Journal of South Asian Development | 230 | 0.9 | Q4 | 0.31 | 16.07 |
| Sociology of Development | 208 | 0.8 | Q4 | 0.47 | 0.00 |
| Middle East Development Journal | 168 | 0.8 | Q4 | 0.30 | 5.00 |
| CANADIAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES-REVUE CANADIENNE D ETUDES DU DEVELOPPEMENT | 866 | 0.7 | Q4 | 0.46 | 23.08 |
| IDS BULLETIN-INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES | 1,137 | 0.6 | Q4 | 0.41 | 86.42 |
| Journal of Development Effectiveness | 722 | 0.5 | Q4 | 0.22 | 36.36 |
| Journal of Rural and Community Development | 338 | 0.5 | Q4 | 0.16 | 0.00 |
| Review of Agrarian Studies | 112 | 0.5 | Q4 | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| Perspectives on Global Development and Technology | 182 | 0.4 | Q4 | 0.15 | 2.99 |
| Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies | 61 | 0.4 | Q4 | 0.11 | 98.46 |
| PROBLEMAS DEL DESARROLLO | 123 | 0.2 | Q4 | 0.06 | 100.00 |
| Revista Cooperativismo y Desarrollo-COODES | 7 | <0.1 | Q4 | 0.01 | 0.00 |