World Development 468.5k citations
8.4k papers · indexed · active since 2016
Impact in International Development and Aid Papers in i International Development and Aid 745 Global trade and economics 644 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers World Development
Comparison fields: 5 of 242 Business and International Management 23.3k Development 29.5k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 57.4k General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 48.6k Economics and Econometrics 153.5k Safety Research 42.8k Soil Science 43.4k Strategy and Management 53.0k Urban Studies 17.5k Sociology and Political Science 123.4k Global and Planetary Change 52.7k Finance 20.6k Accounting 23.4k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 24.9k Political Science and International Relations 48.5k Gender Studies 17.7k Demography 18.3k Management of Technology and Innovation 11.5k Public Administration 5.1k Pollution 14.8k Nutrition and Dietetics 17.5k General Health Professions 25.6k Management Information Systems 9.5k Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 17.0k Building and Construction 11.1k Information Systems 18.9k Horticulture 755 Forestry 3.0k Health 5.3k Marketing 6.4k Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2.0k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6.7k Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 10.0k Transportation 3.9k Ecology 13.8k Anthropology 5.4k Management Science and Operations Research 6.6k General Energy 546 Plant Science 17.7k Ocean Engineering 7.4k Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 745 Environmental Engineering 6.8k Geography, Planning and Development 2.6k Media Technology 3.9k Modeling and Simulation 1.9k Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6.8k Water Science and Technology 4.5k Law 3.1k Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3.8k Communication 2.0k Social Psychology 5.5k Food Science 4.9k Agronomy and Crop Science 2.7k Information Systems and Management 1.9k Education 7.8k Waste Management and Disposal 1.8k Nature and Landscape Conservation 2.6k General Decision Sciences 368 Environmental Chemistry 1.7k General Social Sciences 549 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4.2k Cultural Studies 1.3k Emergency Medical Services 920 Clinical Psychology 2.7k Ecological Modeling 550 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1.3k Applied Psychology 531 Aquatic Science 820 Archeology 117 Health Information Management 459 Museology 340 Computer Science Applications 456 Insect Science 953 History 858 Atmospheric Science 1.3k Animal Science and Zoology 674 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 339 Infectious Diseases 1.2k Human Factors and Ergonomics 161 Automotive Engineering 778 Civil and Structural Engineering 1.4k Philosophy 743 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 255 Statistics and Probability 420 Archeology 534 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 65 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 562 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 74 Speech and Hearing 235 Linguistics and Language 187 Space and Planetary Science 52 Religious studies 196 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2.1k Conservation 122 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 294 Earth-Surface Processes 219 Genetics 809 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 210 Epidemiology 901 Artificial Intelligence 988 Fuel Technology 22 Pharmacy 119 Molecular Biology 1.8k Human-Computer Interaction 160 Biotechnology 220 Biomedical Engineering 1.1k Geochemistry and Petrology 146 Literature and Literary Theory 287 Pharmacology 380 Mechanical Engineering 902 Occupational Therapy 90 Psychiatry and Mental health 309 Developmental and Educational Psychology 280 History and Philosophy of Science 110 Control and Systems Engineering 503 Life-span and Life-course Studies 18 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 262 Obstetrics and Gynecology 140 Parasitology 124 Small Animals 139 Geology 108 Endocrinology 97 Paleontology 137 Oceanography 218 Analytical Chemistry 169 Industrial relations 10 Cognitive Neuroscience 298 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 17 Complementary and alternative medicine 104 Health Informatics 20 Physiology 327 Reproductive Medicine 104 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 48 Medical Laboratory Technology 16 Pharmacology 93 Language and Linguistics 123 Library and Information Sciences 16 Biochemistry 62 Hematology 110 Music 31 Virology 42 Emergency Medicine 76 Molecular Medicine 43 Mechanics of Materials 216 Geriatrics and Gerontology 26 Biomaterials 104 Computer Networks and Communications 186 General Psychology 10 Immunology 142 Architecture 11 Periodontics 28 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 145 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 95 Sensory Systems 28 Geophysics 78 Signal Processing 66 Oncology 126 Developmental Biology 11 Research and Theory 4 Astronomy and Astrophysics 82 Microbiology 29 Aerospace Engineering 121 Cell Biology 76 Physiology 21 Medical Terminology 1 Inorganic Chemistry 56 Complementary and Manual Therapy 8 Rehabilitation 24 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 79 Materials Chemistry 175 Neurology 53 Toxicology 12 Polymers and Plastics 48 Applied Mathematics 36 Catalysis 23 Computational Theory and Mathematics 56 Hepatology 23 Process Chemistry and Technology 9 Family Practice 5 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 58 Classics 11 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 17 Behavioral Neuroscience 9 General Dentistry 4 Biochemistry 19 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 43 Ophthalmology 20 Surgery 98 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 18 Rheumatology 32 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 63 Nuclear Energy and Engineering 1 Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 7 Nephrology 14 Computational Mechanics 43 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 9 Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 12 Cancer Research 24 General Arts and Humanities 2 Organic Chemistry 49 Biological Psychiatry 4 Leadership and Management 2 Aging 3 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 14 Theoretical Computer Science 2 Clinical Biochemistry 10 Chemical Health and Safety 1 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 28 Bioengineering 8 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 24 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 Equine 2 Electrochemistry 7 Genetics 11 Gastroenterology 5 General Materials Science 3 Dermatology 8 Neurology 7 General Engineering 1 Hardware and Architecture 6 Spectroscopy 12 Numerical Analysis 4 Surfaces, Coatings and Films 5 Software 3 Ceramics and Composites 4 Pharmaceutical Science 4 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 20 Mathematical Physics 6 Immunology and Allergy 3 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 2 Biophysics 3 Filtration and Separation 1 Condensed Matter Physics 5 Transplantation 1 Metals and Alloys 1 Geometry and Topology 3 Oral Surgery 2 Otorhinolaryngology 1 Orthodontics 1 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 Urology 1 Radiation 1
Business and International Management 23.3k Development 29.5k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 57.4k General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 48.6k Economics and Econometrics 153.5k The Economic Journal United Kingdom
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Journal of Political Economy United States
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About World Development The 8.4k papers published in World Development in the last decades have received a total of 468.5k indexed citations . Papers published in World Development usually cover Development (766 papers), General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (1.3k papers), Safety Research (1.3k papers), Business and International Management (317 papers) and Economics and Econometrics (3.0k papers) specifically the topics of Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (1.2k papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (758 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (756 papers), International Development and Aid (745 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (661 papers), Global trade and economics (644 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (630 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (487 papers). The most active scholars publishing in World Development are David I. Stern , Robert Chambers , Arun Agrawal , Sanjaya Lall , Caroline O. N. Moser , Elinor Ostrom , Anthony Bebbington , George Psacharopoulos , Bina Agarwal and Jules Pretty .
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