Development Southern Africa

Published by Taylor & Francis

Abbrev: Dev. South. Afr.

ISSN 0376-835XEISSN 1470-3637

Database Coverage

Scopus
SSCI
Scilit

Journal Articles

All-time journal articles: 2,482
2025 journal articles: 40

Subject

Economics
Sustainability Studies
Human Geography
Nutrition & Dietetics
Climate Change
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Publications Analysis

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Publications in 2016-2026

Open Access Publications in 2016-2026

Top Subjects

Publications in 2016-2026.

Subject	Publications
Economics	277
Human Geography	109
Management Sciences	106
Sustainability Studies	104
Sociology	90
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism	75
Agricultural Policy	69
Political Science & International Relations	69
Climate Change	57
Anthropology	50

Top Countries

Publications in 2016-2026.

Country	Publications
South Africa	492
United States	32
Zimbabwe	27
United Kingdom	20
Namibia	18
Germany	14
Botswana	13
Ghana	13
Zambia	12
Tanzania	10

Citation analysis

Publications published in 2023-2024 and cited in 2025.

Total Citations: 259
Total Publications: 116
Average Citations: 2.23
Cited Publications: 86
Cited Publications %: 74.1%
Self Citations: 4
Self Citations %: 1.5%

Metrics

2025 Integrated Impact Indicators

I3: 122
I3/N: 1.44
h5_index: 22
Monthly Citation Metric (MCM): 2.81

Monthly Citation Metric

Citations per year

All citations in 2016-2026

Citation Distribution

All citations to publications in 2023-2024.

Q1: 2
Med: 4
Q3: 7
99%: 25.5
Max: 43

Citation Origins

Publications published in 2023-2024 and cited in 2025.

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