Journal profile · DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Community Development
ISSN 1557-5330 · eISSN 1944-7485 · Taylor & Francis
Community Development: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.3 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 309 days to acceptance (61 articles, last 24 months); 77 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Community Development is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Community Health and Development, Community and Sustainable Development and Service-Learning and Community Engagement, together about 31.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Community Development is a peer-reviewed academic journal published five times per year. The journal aims to advance theory, research, practice, and teaching that serves purposive community change. The scope of the journal embraces all specializations within the interdisciplinary field of community development, including social, economic, and environmental concerns. Accordingly, the journal welcomes manuscripts that report empirical research findings; build theory, research methods, or pedagogy; evaluate current practices; or critically analyze the profession itself. Authors are strongly encouraged to link research to theory and clearly state the implications of their manuscript’s content for practice and policy. Peer Review Statement All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent and anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Editor-in-chief Craig TalmagePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 6 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions13.7%
- Community and Sustainable DevelopmentSocial Sciences9.3%
- Service-Learning and Community EngagementSocial Sciences8.7%
- Community Development and Social ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Rural development and sustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Social Capital and NetworksSocial Sciences4.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Development Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Development Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, AGRICOLA, EBSCOhost, AGRICOLA (AGRIcultural OnLine Access), Education Source, Social Work Abstracts, Elsevier BV, National Library of Medicine, Ovid, Natural Science Collection, Professional ProQuest Central, ProQuest 5000, ProQuest 5000 International, ProQuest Agricultural Science Collection, ProQuest Engineering Collection, ProQuest Environmental Science Collection, ProQuest SciTech Collection, Thomson Reuters
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.64Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.22Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 565OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.66OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 5.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 118,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 118,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,054 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 14 | 16 |
| 2025 | 77 | 12 | 114 |
| 2024 | 86 | 10 | 221 |
| 2023 | 48 | 12 | 333 |
| 2022 | 70 | 8 | 1,118 |
| 2021 | 56 | 11 | 536 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
309 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 217 days – 425 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (61 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 334 days
- Sample
- 61 articles with submission and acceptance dates (151 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Community Development is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis 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 r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Statement
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent and anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized. Model summary
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent and anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1557-5330
- Electronic ISSN
- 1944-7485
- Society / sponsor
- Community Development Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 57, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Community Development
What CAS zone is Community Development in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Community Development is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Development Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Community Development?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 57.
How long does peer review take at Community Development?
Based on the dates recorded on 61 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 309 days (interquartile range 217–425 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Community Development in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Economics.
Where are the editorial board members of Community Development based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Community Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Community Development is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Community Development open access, and what is the APC?
Community Development is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .