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Journal of Rural Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.9), ABS / AJG 3, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 0743-0167Verify ISSN ↗1873-1392Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$4,090 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 31 / 1530 | 98th | Q1 |
| Development | 12 / 314 | 96th | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 37 / 876 | 95th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1985–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.9.
Journal of Rural Studies is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 31 of 1530), Q1 in Development (rank 12 of 314) and Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 37 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Rural Studies is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 10.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.731, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 156.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,090 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Rural Studies is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0743-0167 and its online ISSN is 1873-1392.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is graded 3 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Regional Studies, Planning and Environment field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Rural Studies has an h-index of 194 and a 2-year mean of 5 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #40 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Journal of Rural Studies published 370 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 87 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (42.9%), United Kingdom (9.1%) and United States (4.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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