Journal of Human Development and Capabilities


The Journal of Human Development and Capabilities is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of people-centered human development and capabilities. It is published by Routledge on behalf of the Human Development and Capability Association. It was established in 2000 as the Journal of Human Development, obtaining its current title in 2009. Its founding editors-in-chief were Khadija Haq, Richard Jolly, and Sakiko Fukuda-Parr.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 0.736.