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Rural China

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 2004

ISSN2213-6746

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.12

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

283

Total Citationsi

300

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; History; Anthropology; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications283

Publisher OrgBrill

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2213-6746

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ3

HistoryQ3

AnthropologyQ4

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyHistoryCultural StudiesGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

China's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesChinese history and philosophyRegional Development and EnvironmentLand Rights and ReformsVietnamese History and Culture StudiesRural development and sustainabilityAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

Frequently asked questions about Rural China

Is Rural China a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rural China: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 China?

Rural China is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.12.

Is Rural China indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rural China is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Rural China?