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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

/ 100

High Trust

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total75

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.521

H-Index

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.697

Total Works

2,504

Total Citations

38,721

2yr Mean Citedness

1.00

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 127 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,504

Publisher OrgDeakin University

OA Since2000

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~8 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

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10/12 · 83%

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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)Q3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

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