Name: List of Top Schools of World Development sorted by citations
Creator: exaly.com
Published: 2026-01-17T11:30:22Z
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

5.6(top 5%)

impact factor

8.3K(top 2%)

papers

483.1K(top 1%)

citations

270(top 1%)

h-index

5.8(top 5%)

extended IF

9.7K

all documents

523.8K

doc citations

411(top 1%)

g-index

Top Schools (by citations)

#	School	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Food Policy	234	21.2K	1	1
2	Economics	67	5.7K	24	9
3	Political Science	61	5.5K	20	6
4	Public Health	22	2.2K	464	296
5	Economics	8	1.2K	9	6
6	Agroforestry	9	845	39	29
7	Economics	25	834	11	19
8	Economics	1	699	3	1
9	Education	6	640	834	231
10	Economics	15	589	2	2
11	Economics	14	573	45	94
12	Public Health	1	569	5707	1092
13	Economics	10	478	2	2
14	Economics	9	475	2	1
15	Physiology	1	420	283	40
15	Ecology	1	420	283	40
17	Economics	9	382	39	43
18	Rural Development	6	330	9	13
19	Economics	7	302	13	23
20	Political Science	5	301	106	43
21	Mechanical Engineering	1	247	1	1
22	Public Health	6	246	469	428
23	Public Policy	7	231	58	79
23	Economics	4	231	6	6
25	Systems Analysis	3	221	167	118
26	Economics	3	215	21	20
27	Economics	1	200	26	7
28	Economics	3	199	5	3
29	Education	2	177	13	10
30	Ecology	3	173	63	50
31	Statistics	4	169	8	17
31	Economics	4	169	13	13
33	Sociology	1	153	16	3
33	Philosophy	1	153	15	3
35	Economics	2	145	19	10
36	Economics	1	142	1	1
37	Economics	2	132	20	16
38	Economics	1	129	35	15
39	Public Policy	2	123	48	31
40	Statistics	2	122	5489	2930
40	Economics	3	122	11	18
42	Global Health	1	121	1	1
43	Food Policy	1	114	1	1
44	Economics	5	113	4	13
45	Demography	1	112	46	24
46	Economics	2	103	221	122
47	Education	1	101	205	108
48	Economics	1	97	1	1
49	Public Policy	1	96	12	9
49	Public Policy	6	96	30	115
51	Economics	1	83	16	22
51	Economics	1	83	27	30
53	Economics	1	82	12	6
54	Sustainable Development	1	80	2	2
55	Anthropology	1	79	1	1
56	Public Administration	1	77	1123	326
57	Economics	3	76	57	81
58	Public Health	3	74	573	677
59	Economics	1	71	11	12
60	Public Administration	1	69	40	14
61	Electronics	1	64	443	216
61	Telecommunications	1	64	443	216
63	Economics	2	61	338	352
63	Economics	2	61	1	1
65	Education	3	60	141	265
66	Public Health	4	58	712	792
67	Nutrition	1	57	31	20
68	Law	1	56	38	9
68	Mental Health	1	56	1502	1102
70	Economics	2	55	110	126
71	Economics	1	54	4	3
72	Ecology	1	53	509	455
72	Hydrology	1	53	509	455
74	Economics	3	52	34	52
75	Education	1	51	40	29
76	Dynamics	1	50	48	44
76	Sociology	1	50	4	5
78	Economics	1	49	23	9
78	Nutrition	1	49	10	9
80	Economics	1	46	5	3
80	Economics	1	46	2	1
82	Economics	1	41	7	3
83	Food Policy	1	39	3	3
83	Sustainability Science	1	39	2	3
85	Economics	1	38	11	15
85	Meteorology	2	38	365	391
85	Pharmacy	1	38	554	518
88	Law	1	37	2	3
89	Economics	1	36	114	83
89	Law	1	36	101	79
91	Botany	1	35	15	16
91	Economics	1	35	1	3
93	Economics	1	33	229	180
94	Gender Studies	1	32	1	2
95	Law	1	31	113	92
96	Economics	1	29	1	1
96	Rural Development	1	29	1	1
98	Industrial Engineering	1	28	191	192
98	Public Policy	1	28	139	191
98	Public Policy	1	28	2	5
98	Gender Studies	1	28	4	4
102	Global Health	1	27	10	21
103	Public Health	2	26	2052	2712
103	Economics	3	26	2	7
105	Economics	2	25	27	64
106	Law	2	24	138	243
106	Public Health	1	24	20	24
106	Statistics	2	24	124	281
109	Economics	1	23	19	25
110	Geography	1	22	1	1
111	Economics	1	21	39	54
111	Geography	1	21	1	4
113	Economics	1	20	5	8
113	Economics	1	20	1	1
115	Law	1	19	35	86
116	Pharmacy	1	18	65	102
116	Political Science	1	18	4	7
116	Economics	1	18	2	8
119	Public Health	1	17	299	348
119	International Relations	2	17	89	215
119	Economics	1	17	1	9
122	Economics	1	16	25	48
122	Anthropology	1	16	390	528
122	Economics	1	16	1	4
125	Economics	1	15	22	39
125	Public Policy	1	15	2	5
125	Agroforestry	2	15	9	28
128	Economics	1	14	5	10
128	Economics	1	14	33	52
130	Economics	1	13	2	11
130	Economics	1	13	27	29
130	Econometrics	1	13	1	1
133	Public Policy	1	12	63	119
134	Economics	1	11	6	19
134	Public Health	1	11	485	682
134	Pharmacy	1	11	734	1145
134	Gender Studies	1	11	52	116
134	Gender Studies	1	11	7	32
139	Environmental Engineering	1	10	13	31
139	Economics	1	10	2	3
139	Data Science	1	10	341	415
142	Law	1	9	115	201
142	Economics	1	9	40	64
142	Economics	1	9	1	4
145	Economics	1	8	4	21
146	Economics	1	7	40	73
146	Economics	1	7	8	22
146	Geography	1	7	44	75
146	Economics	1	7	2	9
146	Public Health	2	7	265	695
151	Public Health	1	6	79	155
151	Economics	1	6	312	531
151	Economics	1	6	9	19
151	Global Health	1	6	637	966
151	Statistics	1	6	4	13
151	Economics	1	6	3	14
151	Food Policy	1	6	8	19
151	Statistics	1	6	1	2
159	Mass Communication	1	5	1	3
159	Journalism	1	5	1	3
159	Economics	1	5	21	66
159	Demography	1	5	31	76
163	Economics	1	4	4	8
163	Education	1	4	5	16
163	Public Health	1	4	485	831
163	Political Science	1	4	4	9
163	Public Administration	1	4	6	14
168	Public Health	1	3	200	437
168	Economics	1	3	5	15
168	International Relations	1	3	5	13
168	Public Policy	1	3	8	36
172	Economics	1	2	31	70
172	Economics	1	2	7	24
172	Health Policy	1	2	7	23
175	Public Health	1	1	990	1758
175	Economics	1	1	9	37
175	Economic Development	1	1	1	1
175	Economics	1	1	2	3
179	Economics	1	0	27	89
179	Political Science	1	0	8	32
179	Economics	1	0	123	261

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World Development

Economic History, Economic Development, Development, Economic Assistance, Developing countries,

Top Schools (by citations)