The Journal of developing areas

ISSN 0022-037x · Western Illinois University · US · active 1966–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile: —
Cites per paper (2y): 0.8
SJR: —
h-index: 54

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 30 September 2026 (venue index build).

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Indexing & access

Indexed in: PubMed
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Scope

fiscalpolicyeconomicgrowtheconomicseconometricsmonetaryimpactfinanceglobaltradeproductivity

Frequently asked

Is The Journal of developing areas a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag The Journal of developing areas. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is The Journal of developing areas indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, The Journal of developing areas appears in: PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of The Journal of developing areas?

Papers in The Journal of developing areas are cited about 0.8 times each within two years of publication, with an h-index of 54. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

Is The Journal of developing areas open access?

We hold no reliable open-access classification for The Journal of developing areas. Check the journal's own site for its access model and any article processing charge.

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