Oxford Development Studies is a peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for rigorous and critical analysis of the processes of social, political, and economic change that characterise development.
ODS publishes articles grounded in one or more regions of the world as well as comparative studies. Our intellectual approach is open to work that is interdisciplinary or rooted in a single discipline, such as politics, anthropology, sociology, economics, geography, or history; however, we are committed to the idea that the journal should be relevant and accessible to a readership drawn from across the social sciences. The journal provides an outlet for contributions to development theory and for original empirical analyses, both quantitative and qualitative, as well as mixed methods.
In view of asymmetries in knowledge production and circulation in development studies, the journal seeks to include high-quality research from the perspective of those traditionally marginalised in academic publications. In particular, we aim to expand the range of articles by authors from the Global South.
Oxford Development Studies ( ODS) se complace en anunciar un nuevo proyecto piloto para revisar y publicar artículos enviados a la revista en español. El proyecto tiene como objetivo dar acceso a ODS a los autores que escriben en español, en las disversas regiones del mundo. Una vez que un artículo pasa por el proceso de revisión y es aceptado, la revista lo traducirá al inglés sin costo alguno para el autor y lo publicará en inglés.
Oxford Development Studies ( ODS) is glad to announce a new pilot project for reviewing and publishing papers submitted to the journal in Spanish. The project aims to open up the ODS platform to authors writing in the Spanish language, across all regions. Once a paper moves through the review process and is accepted, it will be translated into English by the journal at no cost to the author and published in English.
Journal metrics
Usage
123K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.4 (2023) Impact Factor
1.9 (2023) 5 year IF
2.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.064 (2023) SNIP
0.528 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
56 days avg. from submission to first
decision
124 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
11% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Gaston Yalonetzky - Leeds University Business School, UK
Associate Editors:
Nandini Gooptu (Chair) - University of Oxford, UK Britta Augsburg - Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK Paola Ballón - University of Oxford, UK Geoff Goodwin - University of Leeds, UK Zaad Mahmood - Presidency University Kolkata, UK Simon Manda - University of Leeds, UK Oswaldo Molina - Universidad del Pacífíco, Peru Diego Winkelried - Universidad del Pacífico, Peru
Editorial Advisory Board:
Jose Antonio Alonso - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Amita Baviskar - Ashoka University, India Joseph J. Capuno - University of the Philippines, The Philippines Yingchun Ji - Shanghai University, China Kalpana Kannabiran - Council for Social Development, Hyderabad, India Julianna Martínez Franzoni - University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica Emel Memiş - Ankara University, Turkey Maxine Molyneux - University College London, UK Pun Ngai - The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Jill Olivier - University of Cape Town, South Africa Alicia Puyana - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Mexico, Mexico Amalinda Savirani - Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia Tom Scott-Smith - University of Oxford, UK Frances Stewart - University of Oxford, UK Ran Tao - Renmin University of China, China Dzodzi Tsikata - University of Ghana, Ghana Megan Vaughan - University College London, UK M. Vijayabaskar - Madras Institute of Development Studies, India Phillan Zamchiya - PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Abstracting and indexing
Oxford Development Studies is indexed/abstracted by the following services: CAB Abstracts, EconLit, Geographical Abstracts, Human Geography and International Bibliography of Periodical Literature.
Open access
Oxford Development Studies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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