World Development 442.6k citations
8.3k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in International Development and Aid Papers in i International Development and Aid 737 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers World Development
Comparison fields: 5 of 242 Business and International Management 22.1k Development 27.7k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 54.5k General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 47.9k Economics and Econometrics 150.9k Safety Research 42.7k Soil Science 42.2k Strategy and Management 50.8k Urban Studies 16.9k Sociology and Political Science 116.5k Global and Planetary Change 49.8k Accounting 23.7k Finance 20.4k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 23.2k Political Science and International Relations 44.6k Gender Studies 17.2k Management of Technology and Innovation 10.8k Demography 17.4k Public Administration 4.7k Pollution 14.6k Nutrition and Dietetics 17.1k General Health Professions 24.0k Management Information Systems 9.0k Information Systems 18.5k Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 15.6k Building and Construction 10.5k Horticulture 667 Health 5.1k Forestry 2.7k Marketing 6.1k Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2.0k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6.1k Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 9.8k Transportation 3.7k Management Science and Operations Research 6.4k General Energy 514 Ecology 12.9k Anthropology 4.8k Environmental Engineering 6.6k Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 696 Ocean Engineering 7.0k Plant Science 16.3k Geography, Planning and Development 2.4k Media Technology 3.8k Modeling and Simulation 1.8k Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6.5k Water Science and Technology 4.2k Law 2.9k Communication 1.9k Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3.5k Social Psychology 5.1k Information Systems and Management 1.8k Education 7.3k Agronomy and Crop Science 2.5k Food Science 4.4k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1.7k General Decision Sciences 359 Nature and Landscape Conservation 2.3k General Social Sciences 513 Environmental Chemistry 1.6k Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3.7k Emergency Medical Services 863 Cultural Studies 1.1k Clinical Psychology 2.6k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1.2k Ecological Modeling 510 Applied Psychology 495 Aquatic Science 778 Health Information Management 416 Museology 317 Archeology 94 Computer Science Applications 412 Insect Science 861 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 329 Atmospheric Science 1.2k History 680 Infectious Diseases 1.1k Animal Science and Zoology 654 Automotive Engineering 747 Civil and Structural Engineering 1.3k Philosophy 649 Human Factors and Ergonomics 138 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 243 Statistics and Probability 399 Archeology 477 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 530 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 51 Speech and Hearing 219 Linguistics and Language 159 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2.0k Conservation 111 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 58 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 274 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 204 Space and Planetary Science 37 Religious studies 143 Earth-Surface Processes 195 Artificial Intelligence 899 Epidemiology 833 Genetics 724 Pharmacy 112 Fuel Technology 20 Human-Computer Interaction 138 Molecular Biology 1.6k Biomedical Engineering 1.0k Geochemistry and Petrology 132 Pharmacology 351 Mechanical Engineering 841 Occupational Therapy 85 Psychiatry and Mental health 288 Literature and Literary Theory 236 Biotechnology 179 Developmental and Educational Psychology 251 Obstetrics and Gynecology 134 Control and Systems Engineering 466 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 246 Endocrinology 98 Small Animals 134 History and Philosophy of Science 84 Life-span and Life-course Studies 16 Parasitology 114 Geology 96 Paleontology 124 Analytical Chemistry 156 Oceanography 196 Health Informatics 19 Cognitive Neuroscience 271 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 16 Complementary and alternative medicine 95 Reproductive Medicine 94 Library and Information Sciences 17 Language and Linguistics 115 Physiology 258 Medical Laboratory Technology 15 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 44 Pharmacology 87 Industrial relations 6 Hematology 101 Music 30 Virology 41 Emergency Medicine 73 Biochemistry 53 Mechanics of Materials 203 Molecular Medicine 36 Geriatrics and Gerontology 21 Biomaterials 89 Computer Networks and Communications 152 Immunology 127 Architecture 9 Geophysics 75 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 115 Periodontics 23 Developmental Biology 11 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 77 Physiology 23 Signal Processing 52 Microbiology 28 Chemical Health and Safety 3 Sensory Systems 21 Aerospace Engineering 113 Medical Terminology 1 Astronomy and Astrophysics 71 Cell Biology 66 Oncology 101 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 75 Research and Theory 3 Neurology 50 Catalysis 26 Inorganic Chemistry 50 Rehabilitation 21 Process Chemistry and Technology 10 Applied Mathematics 36 Hepatology 24 Materials Chemistry 159 Computational Theory and Mathematics 51 General Psychology 4 Toxicology 10 Polymers and Plastics 43 Complementary and Manual Therapy 6 General Dentistry 4 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 16 Surgery 98 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 19 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 49 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 37 Ophthalmology 18 Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 7 Nuclear Energy and Engineering 1 Behavioral Neuroscience 7 Nephrology 13 Computational Mechanics 41 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 54 Theoretical Computer Science 2 Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 11 Biological Psychiatry 4 Rheumatology 23 Cancer Research 23 Classics 6 Leadership and Management 2 Organic Chemistry 48 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 7 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 14 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 19 Bioengineering 8 Biochemistry 10 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 26 Equine 2 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 22 Genetics 12 Family Practice 2 Aging 2 Gastroenterology 5 Dermatology 8 General Materials Science 3 Clinical Biochemistry 6 General Arts and Humanities 1 General Engineering 1 Surfaces, Coatings and Films 6 Software 3 Neurology 6 Numerical Analysis 4 Spectroscopy 11 Electrochemistry 4 Hardware and Architecture 4 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 18 Mathematical Physics 5 Immunology and Allergy 3 Ceramics and Composites 3 Condensed Matter Physics 6 Pharmaceutical Science 3 Filtration and Separation 1 Transplantation 1 Metals and Alloys 1 Biophysics 2 Geometry and Topology 3 Oral Surgery 2 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 1 Otorhinolaryngology 1 Orthodontics 1 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 Urology 1 Radiation 1
Business and International Management 22.1k Development 27.7k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 54.5k General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 47.9k Economics and Econometrics 150.9k Journal of Development Economics United States
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About World Development The 8.3k papers published in World Development in the last decades have received a total of 442.6k indexed citations . Papers published in World Development usually cover Development (758 papers), Business and International Management (309 papers), Safety Research (1.3k papers), General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (1.3k papers) and Economics and Econometrics (2.9k papers) specifically the topics of Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (1.2k papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (747 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (747 papers), International Development and Aid (737 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (652 papers), Global trade and economics (634 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (623 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (486 papers). The most active scholars publishing in World Development are David I. Stern , Arun Agrawal , Robert Chambers , Sanjaya Lall , Caroline Moser , Anthony Bebbington , Elinor Ostrom , George Psacharopoulos , Bina Agarwal and Jules Pretty .
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