The 2025 impact factor for World Development is 4.8. The 5-year impact factor is 6.7. The journal is listed as JCR Q1 in the current Journal Metrics dataset.
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Ranked #506 in Social Sciences by impact factor and #503 among Q1 Social Sciences journals. This context helps compare World Development against journals publishing in the same field.
Published 1,271 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 4.8.
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