Journal of Developing Societies
Last updated ISSN 0169-796X
Journal of Developing Societies is published by SAGE Publishing in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,650.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Developing Societies concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- International Development and Aid
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- African history and culture analysis
- Corruption and Economic Development
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- African studies and sociopolitical issues
- Social and Economic Development in India
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0169-796X, 1568-5225, 1745-2546 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,650 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 568 |
| Publishing since | 1986 |
| Journal website | us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/journal-developing- |
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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