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Rural Educator

National Rural Education Association · United States

ISSN2643-9662

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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.409

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.747

Total Worksi

412

Total Citationsi

4,408

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Rural Educator is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research and practice articles on rural education. It is dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly work that addresses the unique challenges and opportunities of rural education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications412

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National Rural Education Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2643-9662

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

424

2019

216

2020

292

2021

200

2022

137

2023

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.

EducationQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Education Systems and PolicyDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesIndigenous and Place-Based EducationTeacher Education and Leadership StudiesParental Involvement in EducationSchool Choice and PerformanceYouth Development and Social SupportHigher Education Research StudiesService-Learning and Community EngagementEarly Childhood Education and Development

Frequently asked questions about Rural Educator

Is Rural Educator a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rural Educator: 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 Rural Educator?

Rural Educator is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.409.

Is Rural Educator indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rural Educator is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.