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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

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.57

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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~ 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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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

Citations received

1.4k

2019

1.3k

2020

113

900

2021

556

2022

198

613

2023

214

2024

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. 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.

What is the aims and scope of Rural and Remote Health?

How much does it cost to publish in Rural and Remote Health?

Rural and Remote Health is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.