About this journal

Aims and scope

Innovation and Development is an interdisciplinary journal publishing high-quality original research on innovation, development and their interaction. Research published in the journal places innovation at the very heart of the development process and focuses on its evolutionary and institutional characteristics.

Aims of the journal

The aim of the journal is to provide a dedicated outlet and key reference point for researchers working at the intersection of innovation studies and development studies. The journal publishes research on development problems in low- and middle-income countries but also maintains a dedicated emphasis on exploring the intricate interplay between local and global dynamics, addressing globalisation and governance issues related to learning and innovation. The journal is particularly interested in research that is interdisciplinary and that has the potential to inform policy and practice.

Scope of the journal

Innovation and Development adopts a broad approach to innovation, as a socially embedded and evolutionary process which include technological, institutional and organisational aspects in all sectors of the economy and sections of society. It is unique in its comprehensive conception of innovation as a systemic process and one with potentially transformative effects on sustainable and inclusive development.

Disciplinary groundings

This focus of the journal cuts across the fields such of innovation studies and evolutionary economics, development studies and development economics, technology management, science of science, international business, entrepreneurship, economic geography, and organisational behaviour. We welcome manuscripts on a wide range of topics, theoretical frameworks, and methodological approaches, if they are theoretically rigorous and address novel, significant, and engaging questions related to innovation and development.

Current priority themes

The following is a list of priority themes which is currently given special attention by the editorial board:

  • New and emerging technologies in the Global South
  • Green transformations, technologies, and economic development
  • Innovation for the SDGs
  • Innovation and upgrading in agriculture.
  • Greening and natural resources
  • Local-global interfaces of technological and economic development
  • New theories and methods for innovation and development research

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 64K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.4 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 3.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.793 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.422 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 6 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 116 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 24% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editors-in-Chief
K J Joseph – Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (India)
Rasmus Lema – UNU-MERIT, United Nations University (Netherlands) and University of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Associate Editors
Abiodun Egbetokun – National Centre for Technology Management (Nigeria) and De Montfort University (UK)
Anabel Marin – Institute of Development Studies (UK) and CENIT-CONICET, (Argentina)
Andrew Hall – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)
Claudia De Fuentes – Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University (Canada)
Daniel Johnson – Colorado College (USA)
Glenda Kruss – Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa)
Jun Jin – Zhejiang University (China)
Michiko Iizuka – National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Japan)
Smita Srinivas – Open University (UK), University College London (UK), Technological Change Lab

Editorial Advisory Board

Amartya Sen - Harvard University, USA

Bengt-Åke Lundvall - Aalborg University, Denmark

Carlota Perez - The Open University, UK

Charles Edquist - Lund University, Sweden

Deepak Nayyar - Emeritus Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Giovanni Dosi - Sant'anna Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pisa, Italy

Govindan Parayil - University of South Florida, USA

Jairam Ramesh - Member of Parliament, India

Jan Fagerberg - Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, Norway

Jorge Katz - University of Chile, Chile

Jose E. Cassiolato - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Kaushik Basu - Cornell University, USA

Luc Soete - UNU-MERIT, The Netherlands

Martin Fransman - University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Mihir Shah - Samaj Pragathi Sahyog, India

Pranab Bardhan - University of California-Berkeley, USA

Richard R. Nelson - Columbia University, USA

Raphael Kaplinsky - The Open University, UK

Richard Heeks - University of Manchester, UK

Shulin Gu - Tsinghua University, China

T. M. Thomas Isaac - Finance Minister, Government of Kerala, India

Xiolan Fu - University of Oxford, UK

Mammo Muchie - Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Judith Sutz - University of the Republic of Uruguay, Uruguay

Scientific Committee

A Damodaran - IIM-B, India

Abdelkader Djeflat - (Algeria) University of Lille, France

Allan Dahl Andersen - University of Oslo (TIK), Norway

Angathevar Bhaskaran - University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Anna Kingiri - African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya

Aradhna Agarwal - Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Astrid Szogs - ATPS-Tanzania

Atsushi Sunami - Graduate Research Institute of Policy Studies, Japan

Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka - UN-HABITAT in Nairobi, Kenya, UNU-MERIT, The Netherlands

Birgitte Gregersen - Aalborg University, Denmark

Bitrina Diyamett - Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization, Tanzania

Ca Tran Ngoc - NCSTP, Vietnam

Carlo Pietrobelli - Inter – American Development Bank, USA & University of Roma Tre, Italy

Chen Jin - Zhejiang University, China

D. Narayana - Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, India

Daniel K.N. Johnson - Colorado College, USA

David Kaplan - University of Cape Town, South Africa

Dinesh Abrol - Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, India

Eduardo Albuquerque - Cedeplar-UFMG, Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil

Eduardo B Viotti - University of Brasilia, Brazil

Elisa Giuliani - University of Pisa, Italy & University of Sussex, UK

Erika Kraemer-Mbula - Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Erkan Erdil - Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Erkki Kaukonen - University of Tampere, Finland

Erman Aminullah - Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia

Franco Malerba - Bocconi University, Italy

Fulvio Castellacci - University of Oslo (TIK), Norway

Gabriel Yoguel - National University of Gral Sarmiento, Argentina

Helena Barnard - University of Pretoria, South Africa

Helena Lastres - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hideki Esho - Hosei University, Japan

Jan Vang - Aalborg University, Denmark

Joanna Chataway - ESRC INNOGEN Centre, Open University and RAND Europe

John M Bryden - University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Jojo Jacob - Grenoble Ecole de Management, France

Jorge Niosi - University of Quebec, Canada

José Alexandre O. Vera-Cruz - Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico

Juan Manuel Corona Alcantar - Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico

K. Narayanan - IIT Mumbay
K. N. Harilal - Kerala State Planning Board, India

Kazuyuki Motohashi - University of Tokyo, Japan

Keshab Das - Gujarat Institute of Development Research, India

Keun Lee - Seoul National University, South Korea

Lakhwinder Singh - Punjabi University, India

Liu Ju - Lund University, Sweden

Liu Xielin - Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Science, China

Liyan Zhang - Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, China

M. Parameswaran - Centre for Development Studies, India

Manuel Heitor - Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Government of Portugal

Manuel Mira Godinho - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Maria Clara Couto Soares - RedeSist, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Maureen McKelvey - Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Michiko Iizuka - National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan

Morris Teubal - Hebrew University, Israel

Naubahar Sharif - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

N S Siddharthan - Madras School of Economics, India

Nina Kazakova - Saratov State Technical University, Russia

Olav Wicken - University of Oslo (TIK), Norway

Pier-Paolo Saviotti - Université Pierre Mendès-France
Padmashree Gehl Sampat - UNCTAD, Switzerland

Patarapong Intarakumnerd - Graduate Research Institute of Policy Studies, Japan

Paulo N. Figueiredo - Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil

Peter Gammeltoft - Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Rainer Walz - Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany

Rajah Rasiah - University of Malaya, Malaysia

Rajeswari Raina - Shiv Nadar University, India

Rakesh Basant - IIM-A, India

Rasigan Maharajh - Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Rishikesha T. Krishnan - IIM-Indore, India

Saradindu Bhaduri - Jawaharlal Nehru University (CSSP) India

Slavo Radosevic - University of London, UK

Smita Srinivas - Columbia University

Sudip Chaudhuri - IIM-C, India

Suma Athreye - Brunel University, UK, UNU-MERIT, The Netherlands

Tilman Altenburg - German Development Institute, Germany

Valeria Arza - University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina

Vijayamohanan Pillai - Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, India

Vinoj Abraham - Centre for Development Studies, India

Xiaobo Wu - Zhejiang University, China

Updated 20-01-2021

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