International Journal of Rural Criminology
Last updated ISSN 1835-6672
International Journal of Rural Criminology is published by Ohio State University Libraries in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in International Journal of Rural Criminology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Sex work and related issues
- Medical and Biological Sciences
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Key facts
| Publisher | Ohio State University Libraries |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1835-6672, 2768-3109 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 248 |
| Publishing since | 2021 |
| Journal website | ruralcriminology.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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