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Rural Sustainability Research

Sciendo · Germany · Est. 2015

ISSN2256-0939
SJR Q4Scopus / SJR
Journal Impact Factor
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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.176
H-Indexi
13
SNIPi
0.442
Total Worksi
167
Total Citationsi
704
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.68
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The scientific journal Rural Sustainable Research of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies is a peer-reviewed journal intended for the publication of wide-spectrum original research articles and reviews on topical problems of sustainable rural development. The subject matter of the journal reflects the wide range of research covering the following topics: Sustainable Crop Production Systems; Soil and Plant Sciences Plant Breeding and Genetics Plant Pathology and Protection Forestry Animal and Veterinary Sciences Food Processing Agricultural Machinery and Husbandry Biomass and Renewable Energy Energetic and Automation Engineering Technologies Material Sciences Transport, Motor Vehicles and Fuels Engineering Economics and Education Sustainable Social Development Economics, Management and Marketing Information Technologies All manuscripts are screened on their linguistic quality.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2015
Frequency2 times per year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications167
Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer-reviewed
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Sciendo
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2256-0939
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
double-blind peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
8
47
2019
17
113
2020
24
163
2021
19
35
2022
20
48
2023
20
34
2024
21
11
2025
9
0
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4
EcologyQ4
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4
Global and Planetary ChangeQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and DevelopmentGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Food composition and propertiesSeed and Plant BiochemistryMeat and Animal Product QualityEconomic and Business Development StrategiesAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactProbiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural Innovations and PracticesWood Treatment and PropertiesFood Waste Reduction and SustainabilityAgriculture Market Analysis Ukraine

Frequently asked questions about Rural Sustainability Research

Is Rural Sustainability Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rural Sustainability Research: 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 Sustainability Research?

Rural Sustainability Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.176.

Is Rural Sustainability Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rural Sustainability Research is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Rural Sustainability Research?

The scientific journal Rural Sustainable Research of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies is a peer-reviewed journal intended for the publication of wide-spectrum original research articles and reviews on topical problems of sustainable rural development. The subject matter of the journal reflects the wide range of research covering the following topics: Sustainable Crop Production Systems; Soil and Plant Sciences Plant Breeding and Genetics Plant Pathology and Protection Forestry Animal and Veterinary Sciences Food Processing Agricultural Machinery and Husbandry Biomass and Ren

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