Development Studies Research
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom

Journal ISSN: 21665095

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.

History: 2014-2021

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Scope/Description:

Development Studies ResearchDSR is a Routledge journal dedicated to furthering debates in development studies. The journal provides a valuable platform for academics and practitioners to present their research on development issues to as broad an audience as possible.All DSR papers are published Open Access. This ensures that anyone anywhere can engage with the valuable work being carried out by the myriad of academics and practitioners engaged in development research. The readership of DSR demonstrates that our goal of reaching as broad an audience as possible is being achieved. Papers are accessed by over 140 countries some reaching over 9000 downloads. The importance of the journal to impact is thus critical and the significance of OA to development researchers exponential.Since its 2014 launch the journal has examined numerous development issues from across the globe including indigenous struggles aid effectiveness smallscale farming for poverty reduction sustainable entrepreneurship agricultural development climate risk and the resource curse. Every paper published in DSR is an emblem of scientific rigour having been reviewed first by members of an esteemed Editorial Board and then by expert academics in a rigorous review process. Every paper from the one examining a postMillennium Development Goals environment by one of its architects see Vandermortele 2014 to ones using established academic theory to understand developmentimposed change see Heeks and Stanforth 2015 and the more policyoriented papers that contribute valuable recommendations to policymakers and practitioners see DSR Editors Choice Policy reaches a multidisciplinary audience.