Progress in Development Studies
Last updated ISSN 1464-9934
Progress in Development Studies 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 Progress in Development Studies concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- International Development and Aid
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Economic Growth and Development
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1464-9934, 1477-027X |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,650 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,168 |
| Publishing since | 2001 |
| Journal website | us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/progress-developmen |
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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