Journal of Rural Studies
Last updated ISSN 0743-0167
Journal of Rural Studies is published by Elsevier BV in agricultural and biological sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,090.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Rural Studies concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Rural development and sustainability
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0743-0167, 1873-1392 |
| Subject area | Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,090 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 5,176 |
| Publishing since | 1985 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-rural-studies |
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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