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Research in Rural Sociology and Development is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.1). Published by Emerald Publishing.
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ISSN 1057-1922Verify ISSN ↗2977-4225Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 847 / 876 | 3rd | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2025–present (also 2020, 2009–2017, 2005–2007, 2003, 2000, 1998), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.1.
Research in Rural Sociology and Development is Q4 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 847 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
Research in Rural Sociology and Development is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.1, quartile Q4, 3rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Research in Rural Sociology and Development is published by Emerald Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1057-1922 and its online ISSN is 2977-4225.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Research in Rural Sociology and Development has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.1, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #776 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
Research in Rural Sociology and Development published 43 papers in 2014; its busiest recent year was 2005 with 54. 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.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none 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.
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