Journal of Rural Studies

Elsevier
Elsevier
ISSN: 07430167, 18824560, 21872627
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
5.1
SJR
1.542
CiteScore
9.8
Categories
Development
Forestry
Geography, Planning and Development
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1985-2025
journal names
Journal of Rural Studies
J RURAL STUD
Publications
4 703
Citations
110 577
h-index
138
Top-3 citing journals
Journal of Rural Studies
Journal of Rural Studies (13353 citations)
Sustainability
Sustainability (4949 citations)
Land Use Policy
Land Use Policy (3244 citations)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (1000 publications)
USA (553 publications)
Australia (317 publications)

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USA, 553, 11.76%
Australia, 317, 6.74%
Japan, 253, 5.38%
China, 226, 4.81%
Canada, 191, 4.06%
Netherlands, 166, 3.53%
Germany, 125, 2.66%
Sweden, 124, 2.64%
New Zealand, 114, 2.42%
Norway, 105, 2.23%
Italy, 100, 2.13%
Spain, 95, 2.02%
France, 89, 1.89%
Ireland, 73, 1.55%
Finland, 70, 1.49%
Switzerland, 50, 1.06%
Belgium, 49, 1.04%
Denmark, 47, 1%
Brazil, 42, 0.89%
Poland, 39, 0.83%
Greece, 31, 0.66%
Czech Republic, 31, 0.66%
South Africa, 31, 0.66%
Austria, 30, 0.64%
Portugal, 29, 0.62%
Mexico, 26, 0.55%
Israel, 24, 0.51%
India, 23, 0.49%
Ghana, 22, 0.47%
Kenya, 20, 0.43%
Argentina, 18, 0.38%
Indonesia, 18, 0.38%
Tanzania, 18, 0.38%
Chile, 15, 0.32%
Colombia, 13, 0.28%
Singapore, 13, 0.28%
Thailand, 13, 0.28%
Hungary, 12, 0.26%
Romania, 12, 0.26%
Philippines, 12, 0.26%
Ecuador, 11, 0.23%
Latvia, 10, 0.21%
Turkey, 10, 0.21%
Uganda, 10, 0.21%
Zimbabwe, 8, 0.17%
Nepal, 8, 0.17%
Bulgaria, 7, 0.15%
Nigeria, 7, 0.15%
Slovenia, 7, 0.15%
Estonia, 6, 0.13%
Vietnam, 6, 0.13%
Iran, 6, 0.13%
Iceland, 6, 0.13%
Costa Rica, 6, 0.13%
Malawi, 6, 0.13%
Malaysia, 6, 0.13%
Peru, 6, 0.13%
Rwanda, 6, 0.13%
Bangladesh, 5, 0.11%
Burkina Faso, 5, 0.11%
Pakistan, 5, 0.11%
Luxembourg, 4, 0.09%
Myanmar, 4, 0.09%
Croatia, 4, 0.09%
Russia, 3, 0.06%
Benin, 3, 0.06%
Bolivia, 3, 0.06%
Republic of Korea, 3, 0.06%
Senegal, 3, 0.06%
Serbia, 3, 0.06%
Slovakia, 3, 0.06%
Ethiopia, 3, 0.06%
Guatemala, 2, 0.04%
Laos, 2, 0.04%
Mali, 2, 0.04%
Faroe Islands, 2, 0.04%
Sri Lanka, 2, 0.04%
Ukraine, 1, 0.02%
Albania, 1, 0.02%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1, 0.02%
Botswana, 1, 0.02%
Brunei, 1, 0.02%
Timor-Leste, 1, 0.02%
Haiti, 1, 0.02%
Guyana, 1, 0.02%
Zambia, 1, 0.02%
Jordan, 1, 0.02%
Iraq, 1, 0.02%
Cape Verde, 1, 0.02%
Cambodia, 1, 0.02%
Cyprus, 1, 0.02%
Lebanon, 1, 0.02%
Lithuania, 1, 0.02%
Madagascar, 1, 0.02%
Morocco, 1, 0.02%
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Nicaragua, 1, 0.02%
UAE, 1, 0.02%
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China, 166, 10.8%
Australia, 89, 5.79%
Japan, 79, 5.14%
Netherlands, 66, 4.29%
Germany, 61, 3.97%
Sweden, 59, 3.84%
Italy, 55, 3.58%
Spain, 54, 3.51%
Canada, 48, 3.12%
France, 46, 2.99%
Norway, 43, 2.8%
Switzerland, 31, 2.02%
Finland, 29, 1.89%
Belgium, 28, 1.82%
New Zealand, 25, 1.63%
Ireland, 22, 1.43%
Poland, 21, 1.37%
Brazil, 20, 1.3%
Denmark, 20, 1.3%
Czech Republic, 19, 1.24%
Mexico, 16, 1.04%
South Africa, 13, 0.85%
Austria, 12, 0.78%
Greece, 12, 0.78%
Colombia, 12, 0.78%
Chile, 12, 0.78%
Portugal, 11, 0.72%
Argentina, 11, 0.72%
Ghana, 10, 0.65%
India, 9, 0.59%
Kenya, 9, 0.59%
Romania, 9, 0.59%
Tanzania, 8, 0.52%
Turkey, 8, 0.52%
Hungary, 7, 0.46%
Indonesia, 7, 0.46%
Philippines, 7, 0.46%
Estonia, 5, 0.33%
Bulgaria, 5, 0.33%
Thailand, 5, 0.33%
Uganda, 5, 0.33%
Burkina Faso, 4, 0.26%
Zimbabwe, 4, 0.26%
Israel, 4, 0.26%
Myanmar, 4, 0.26%
Peru, 4, 0.26%
Singapore, 4, 0.26%
Slovenia, 4, 0.26%
Ecuador, 4, 0.26%
Vietnam, 3, 0.2%
Iran, 3, 0.2%
Iceland, 3, 0.2%
Latvia, 3, 0.2%
Malawi, 3, 0.2%
Nepal, 3, 0.2%
Rwanda, 3, 0.2%
Costa Rica, 2, 0.13%
Pakistan, 2, 0.13%
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Ukraine, 1, 0.07%
Albania, 1, 0.07%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.07%
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Guyana, 1, 0.07%
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Mali, 1, 0.07%
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