Rural Sociology
Last updated ISSN 0036-0112
Rural Sociology is published by Wiley in agricultural and biological sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,520.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Rural Sociology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Rural development and sustainability
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Social Capital and Networks
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Key facts
| Publisher | Wiley |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0036-0112, 1549-0831 |
| Subject area | Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,520 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,064 |
| Publishing since | 1939 |
| Journal website | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15490831 |
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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