Academic Journal
Q1Development Engineering
About Development Engineering
Development Engineering is a scholarly journal published by Elsevier Ltd. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.667 and H-index of 21.
Coverage: 2015-2023. Research categories: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (Q1); Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1); Computer Science Applications (Q2); Development (Q2).
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Legal and Regulatory Analysis; Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies; Military Technology and Strategies; Energy and Environment Impacts; Child Nutrition and Water Access; Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.
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2,220.00 USD; 2,080.00 EUR; 1,780.00 GBP; 275,350.00 JPY
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