The Journal publishes articles on the European countryside, the rural areas of individual European countries or regions. The multidisciplinary periodical contains papers from an ecology of a rural landscape, rural sociology, demography and gender, multi-functional rural development, agriculture and other branches of the rural economy, impacts of Common Agricultural Policy on rural development, rural geography, rural borderland, rural and agro-tourism, rural settlement, small towns as centres of rural micro-regions, rural planning and architecture, rural collaboration. It prefers complex contributions with rural development issues to articles with narrowly economic or technical issues.
⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
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SJR Quartile by Discipline
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Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2
Nature and Landscape ConservationQ2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3
Subject Classification
Web of Science Categories
Geography
Scopus Categories
Nature and Landscape ConservationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Rural development and sustainabilityUrbanization and City PlanningMigration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchRegional Development and PolicyOrganic Food and AgricultureAgricultural Economics and PolicyLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesHungarian Social, Economic and Educational StudiesCultural Industries and Urban Development