Journal profile · HISTORY
Economic History of Developing Regions
ISSN 2078-0389 · eISSN 2078-0397 · Taylor & Francis
Economic History of Developing Regions: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8 (journal website); JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 364 days to acceptance (24 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 9% (journal website); 15 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economic History of Developing Regions is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Culture, Economy, and Development Studies, Historical Economic and Social Studies and African history and culture studies, together about 37.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Economic History of Developing Regions promotes the study of economic change in the Global South. It provides an innovative research forum that explores the influence of historical events on economic development beyond the industrialized core. It seeks submissions with an economic history focus from disciplines such as general history, development economics, cliometrics, business history, labour history, financial history and others. All submitted papers undergo rigorous double-anonymized peer review via ScholarONE Manuscripts. The journal is the official publication of the Economic History Society of Southern Africa and is co-published with UNISA Press. It is fully accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training, and Scopus.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Editor-in-chief Klas RönnbäckPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Netherlands 2, United States 1, Japan 1, Sweden 1, Thailand 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Culture, Economy, and Development StudiesSocial Sciences18.9%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.7%
- African history and culture studiesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- South African History and CultureSocial Sciences5.7%
- African studies and sociopolitical issuesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.5%
- Natural Resources and Economic DevelopmentEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
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 Q1 · 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
EconLitPublisher website
Other: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (CSA), EBSCOhost, Historical Abstracts, Index to South African Periodicals, International Index to Black Periodicals
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
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.28Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.84Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 18.18%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 51,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 237 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 15 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| 2022 | 11 | 4 | 50 |
| 2021 | 29 | 18 | 137 |
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
364 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 222 days – 482 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 49 days (24 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 411 days
- Sample
- 24 articles with submission and acceptance dates (26 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 70 daysPublisher website ·
- 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)
Article types accepted1
- articleAll submitted papers undergo rigorous double-anonymized peer review via ScholarONE Manuscripts.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program Model summary
Economic History of Developing Regions 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 disc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
double-anonymized peer review via ScholarONE Manuscripts Model summary
All submitted papers undergo rigorous double-anonymized peer review via ScholarONE Manuscripts.
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
- 2078-0389
- Electronic ISSN
- 2078-0397
- Society / sponsor
- Economic History Society of Southern Africa
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economic History of Developing Regions
What CAS zone is Economic History of Developing Regions in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Economic History of Developing Regions is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Economic History of Developing Regions?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at Economic History of Developing Regions?
Based on the dates recorded on 24 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 364 days (interquartile range 222–482 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9%. 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 Economic History of Developing Regions in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (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 3 of History.
Where are the editorial board members of Economic History of Developing Regions 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 Netherlands (2), United States (1) and Japan (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Economic History of Developing Regions?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economic History of Developing Regions is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Economic History of Developing Regions open access, and what is the APC?
Economic History of Developing Regions is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .