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Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Education · Australia · Est. 1992

ISSN1839-7387
SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.438
H-Indexi
25
SNIPi
0.72
Total Worksi
598
Total Citationsi
3,192
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.64
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education (AIJRE) is an international medium for educators with an interest in the provision of education in rural contexts. The Journal is interdisciplinary and publishes integrative reviews, scholarly accounts of educational research relevant to rural education, research reports, book reviews and feature articles likely to be of interest to the readership. The focus of the Journal is on addressing issues, challenges, developments and opportunities in rural education globally.

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1992
FrequencyThree Issues each year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications598
OA Since2015
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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✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Education
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Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
1839-7387
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Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
✅
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
✅
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
✅
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
22
202
2019
36
190
2020
31
89
2021
49
369
2022
23
64
2023
32
48
2024
28
29
2025
28
5
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.

EducationQ2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Education

Frequently asked questions about Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

Is Australian and International Journal of Rural Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Australian and International Journal of Rural Education: it is indexed in 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 Australian and International Journal of Rural Education?

Australian and International Journal of Rural Education is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.438.

Is Australian and International Journal of Rural Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Australian and International Journal of Rural Education is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Australian and International Journal of Rural Education?

The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education (AIJRE) is an international medium for educators with an interest in the provision of education in rural contexts. The Journal is interdisciplinary and publishes integrative reviews, scholarly accounts of educational research relevant to rural education, research reports, book reviews and feature articles likely to be of interest to the readership. The focus of the Journal is on addressing issues, challenges, developments and opportunities in rural education globally.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref