Rural Sociology (journal)

Rural Sociology is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering rural sociology. It was established in 1936 and is the official journal of the Rural Sociological Society. It is published by John Wiley & Sons and the editor-in-chief is Carol J. Ward (Brigham Young University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.078, ranking it 17th out of 149 journals in the category "Sociology".