World Development 484.4k citations
8.3k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in International Development and Aid Papers in i International Development and Aid 739 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare 1.2k show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers World Development
Comparison fields: 5 of 242 Business and International Management 24.1k Development 31.6k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 58.4k General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 52.7k Economics and Econometrics 162.5k Safety Research 45.9k Soil Science 45.9k Strategy and Management 55.4k Urban Studies 18.3k Sociology and Political Science 129.6k Global and Planetary Change 53.3k Finance 22.6k Accounting 25.3k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 25.4k Gender Studies 18.9k Political Science and International Relations 50.9k Demography 19.1k Management of Technology and Innovation 12.0k Public Administration 5.3k Pollution 15.2k Nutrition and Dietetics 18.1k General Health Professions 26.6k Management Information Systems 9.9k Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 17.1k Information Systems 20.1k Building and Construction 11.3k Horticulture 747 Forestry 3.0k Health 5.4k Marketing 6.5k Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2.1k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6.9k Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 10.4k Transportation 3.9k Ecology 13.7k Anthropology 5.6k Management Science and Operations Research 6.9k General Energy 565 Ocean Engineering 7.6k Plant Science 17.9k Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 758 Environmental Engineering 6.8k Media Technology 4.1k Geography, Planning and Development 2.6k Modeling and Simulation 1.9k Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7.0k Water Science and Technology 4.6k Law 3.3k Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3.8k Communication 2.0k Social Psychology 5.6k Food Science 4.8k Education 8.1k Agronomy and Crop Science 2.7k Information Systems and Management 1.9k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1.8k Nature and Landscape Conservation 2.6k General Decision Sciences 395 General Social Sciences 578 Environmental Chemistry 1.7k Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4.1k Emergency Medical Services 918 Cultural Studies 1.3k Clinical Psychology 2.8k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1.4k Ecological Modeling 542 Applied Psychology 538 Aquatic Science 829 Health Information Management 463 Archeology 113 Museology 349 Computer Science Applications 464 Insect Science 939 History 864 Atmospheric Science 1.3k Visual Arts and Performing Arts 368 Animal Science and Zoology 686 Infectious Diseases 1.1k Human Factors and Ergonomics 159 Automotive Engineering 787 Philosophy 763 Civil and Structural Engineering 1.4k Statistics and Probability 457 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 256 Archeology 538 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 576 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 61 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 69 Speech and Hearing 231 Linguistics and Language 189 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2.1k Space and Planetary Science 50 Conservation 121 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 301 Religious studies 174 Earth-Surface Processes 219 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 217 Genetics 812 Epidemiology 880 Artificial Intelligence 984 Pharmacy 118 Molecular Biology 1.8k Human-Computer Interaction 165 Fuel Technology 21 Biomedical Engineering 1.1k Biotechnology 222 Geochemistry and Petrology 148 Pharmacology 373 Mechanical Engineering 905 Literature and Literary Theory 279 Occupational Therapy 90 Psychiatry and Mental health 301 Control and Systems Engineering 511 Developmental and Educational Psychology 276 History and Philosophy of Science 110 Life-span and Life-course Studies 18 Obstetrics and Gynecology 137 Endocrinology 103 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 262 Small Animals 141 Parasitology 119 Paleontology 137 Geology 106 Analytical Chemistry 168 Oceanography 211 Cognitive Neuroscience 306 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 17 Health Informatics 21 Reproductive Medicine 105 Complementary and alternative medicine 101 Physiology 312 Industrial relations 7 Library and Information Sciences 17 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 47 Pharmacology 91 Language and Linguistics 126 Biochemistry 61 Medical Laboratory Technology 15 Hematology 107 Virology 43 Molecular Medicine 46 Emergency Medicine 75 Music 31 Mechanics of Materials 218 General Psychology 11 Geriatrics and Gerontology 24 Biomaterials 101 Computer Networks and Communications 180 Immunology 138 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 138 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 93 Sensory Systems 27 Geophysics 79 Architecture 9 Periodontics 23 Physiology 25 Signal Processing 63 Research and Theory 4 Developmental Biology 11 Aerospace Engineering 122 Microbiology 28 Astronomy and Astrophysics 79 Oncology 111 Cell Biology 72 Chemical Health and Safety 3 Medical Terminology 1 Complementary and Manual Therapy 8 Neurology 53 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 77 Inorganic Chemistry 54 Catalysis 27 Materials Chemistry 173 Toxicology 12 Hepatology 25 Rehabilitation 21 Polymers and Plastics 49 Process Chemistry and Technology 10 Applied Mathematics 37 Computational Theory and Mathematics 56 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 45 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 17 General Dentistry 4 Biochemistry 19 Classics 11 Surgery 100 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 52 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 19 Behavioral Neuroscience 8 Ophthalmology 18 Nephrology 14 Rheumatology 29 Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 7 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 9 Nuclear Energy and Engineering 1 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 57 Computational Mechanics 41 Family Practice 3 Biological Psychiatry 4 Cancer Research 24 Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 11 Aging 3 General Arts and Humanities 2 Clinical Biochemistry 11 Leadership and Management 2 Organic Chemistry 49 Theoretical Computer Science 2 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 14 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 27 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 19 Bioengineering 8 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 23 Equine 2 Genetics 12 Electrochemistry 7 Dermatology 9 Gastroenterology 5 General Materials Science 3 General Engineering 1 Surfaces, Coatings and Films 6 Hardware and Architecture 6 Neurology 6 Spectroscopy 12 Numerical Analysis 4 Software 3 Ceramics and Composites 4 Mathematical Physics 6 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 20 Immunology and Allergy 3 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 2 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 Otorhinolaryngology 1 Orthodontics 1 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 Urology 1 Radiation 1
Business and International Management 24.1k Development 31.6k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 58.4k General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 52.7k Economics and Econometrics 162.5k 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 484.4k indexed citations . Papers published in World Development usually cover Development (760 papers), Safety Research (1.3k papers), General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (1.3k papers), Business and International Management (310 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 (739 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (652 papers), Global trade and economics (638 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 , Robert Chambers , Arun Agrawal , Sanjaya Lall , Caroline Moser , Elinor Ostrom , Anthony Bebbington , George Psacharopoulos , Bina Agarwal and Jules Pretty .
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