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Rural and Remote Health

James Cook University · Australia · Est. 1984

ISSN1445-6354eISSN1445-6354

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.57

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.697

Total Worksi

2,504

Total Citationsi

38,721

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Rural and Remote Health is an open-access international academic journal serving rural and remote communities and publishing articles by rural health practitioners, educators, researchers and policy makers.

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 128 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,504

Publisher OrgDeakin University

OA Since2000

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

James Cook University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1445-6354 / 1445-6354

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.5k

2019

1.3k

2020

113

922

2021

576

2022

198

642

2023

238

2024

100

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Emergency Medical ServicesQ1

Health (social science)Q2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Emergency Medical ServicesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Health (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Health Workforce IssuesDental Education, Practice, ResearchIndigenous Health, Education, and RightsGlobal Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Health and SurgeryPrimary Care and Health OutcomesInterprofessional Education and CollaborationInnovations in Medical EducationMedical Education and AdmissionsTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation

Frequently asked questions about Rural and Remote Health

Is Rural and Remote Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rural and Remote Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Rural and Remote Health?

Rural and Remote Health is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.00.

Is Rural and Remote Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rural and Remote Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.