About this journal
Aims and scope
Rural Society is an international, double anonymized peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes social research of interest and relating to rural communities and societies. Areas of focus include: art, commerce, crime, culture, demography, education, ecology, environments and sustainability, ethnicity, physical and mental health, healthcare, gender, globalization, government (local, regional and federal), lifestyles, media, planning, policy and politics, science and technology, social change and problems, social work and welfare, tourism, water and natural resources management.
Rural Society has a broad readership, with articles relevant to researchers, educators, students, policy developers, managers, decision makers and healthcare workers who are interested in social, cultural, health, education and developmental issues in emerging and mature regional economies.
All research articles will be processed via a double anonymized peer review process.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 22K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.2 (2023) 5 year IF
- 1.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.423 (2023) SNIP
- 0.277 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 40 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 179 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 21% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR
Dr Angela T Ragusa - Charles Sturt University, Australia
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Dr Andrea Crampton - Charles Sturt University, Australia
EDITORIAL BOARD
Associate Professor Lisa Bourke - University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor Hugh Campbell - University of Otago, New Zealand
Dr Menelaos Gkartzios - Newcastle University, UK
Associate Professor Vaughan Higgins - University of Tasmania, Australia
Professor Sue Kilpatrick - University of Tasmania, Australia
Professor Richard Le Heron - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Associate Professor Kevin O'Toole - Deakin University, Australia
Professor Henry Reynolds - University of Tasmania, Australia
Professor Will Rifkin - Director & Chair in Applied Regional Economics, Hunter Research Foundation Centre, University of Newcastle, Australia
Professor Kai A. Schafft - Director, Center on Rural Education and Communities, Penn State University, United States
Professor John Scott - Head, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Associate Professor Tony Sorensen - University of New England, Australia
Associate Professor Kirk St. Amant - East Carolina University, USA
Professor Geoff Syme - Edith Cowan University; CSIRO Division of Water Resources, Australia
Dr Sarah Wendt - University of South Australia, Australia
Professor Frank Vanclay - University of Groningen, The Netherlands
CHAIR
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australia
Abstracting and indexing
Open access
Rural Society is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our 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 readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
- Now included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index
3 issues per year
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