Development
Last updated ISSN 1011-6370
Development is published by Palgrave Macmillan in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Development concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- International Development and Aid
- Human Rights and Development
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
Key facts
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1011-6370, 1461-7072 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Not recorded |
| Articles published | 2,197 |
| Publishing since | 1999 |
| Journal website | www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/41301 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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