POSIIndexedC-Q1Zone 1Partially verifiedCurrent

World Development

Elsevier BV · United Kingdom

POSI-J-023839eISSN 0305-750X

Journal website Publications Record JSON

Evaluation status

POSI-EVAL-1.0

1 · Core Collection

Indexed, not certified

Listed in the journal directory. Certification is by application.

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2 · PQF

Not assessed

Eligibility framework; not a citation metric.

What PQF measures

3 · Citation ranking

CITATION-RANK-1.0

206 / 7152C-Q1Zone 1

In Economics and Business · percentile 97.1

PNCI 4.01 · 1186 eligible items · coverage 100.0%

Snapshot: September 2026

Ranking method

PQF is an eligibility and quality-framework assessment. It is not a citation ranking metric and does not determine Citation Quartiles or POSI Zones. PCS is a supplementary citation indicator and does not determine the official POSI Citation Rank, Citation Percentile, Citation Quartile, or POSI Zone.

Citations and output

Citation score (PCS): 14.29; Supplementary · 2022–2025 · 1,186 items · PCS-1.0; Adequate sample; How it is calculated
Articles: 9,892; OpenAlex / Crossref
Subject: Economics and Business; P5.02 · confidence high

Ranking history

2026currentC-Q1Zone 1
Economics and Business · rank 206 of 7,152

Editions are kept as published; each ranks the journal within its category that year.

Record details

Identity

POSI ID · posi-data registry/ · identifier: POSI-J-023839
eISSN · ISSN Portal / Crossref · identifier: 0305-750X
OpenAlex source · OpenAlex · identifier: S85457386
Title · ISSN Portal / Crossref · registry: World Development
Publisher · Crossref / OpenAlex · registry: Elsevier BV

Not recorded: pISSN, ISSN country

Declared by the publisher

Stated by the journal about itself. POSI records these as declared and does not present them as measured.

Declared country · Publisher · declared: United Kingdom
Language · Publisher / DOAJ · declared: English
Website · Publisher · declared: www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0305750X

Not recorded: Frequency, License, Peer review, Article processing charge

Registry and computed values

Open access · DOAJ / OpenAlex · registry: No

Not recorded: DOAJ status

Verification: Partially verified

ISSN resolved to an OpenAlex source record; journal-level evidence not reviewed by POSI.

Freshness: Current

Updated 2026-08-10. Record updated within 6 months of the data cutoff.

Indexed, benchmark set

Indexed. Also in the Global Benchmark reference set that POSI uses to validate its methodology.

How states are assigned

Cite this record

Panorama Open Scholarly Index. (2026). World Development [journal record, POSI-J-023839]. https://posi.panorama-sg.com/journal/bench-world-development-0594/