{"id":1167,"date":"2025-07-16T04:54:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T04:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/?page_id=1167"},"modified":"2025-10-01T00:29:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:29:44","slug":"journal-rural-sociology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/publications\/journal-rural-sociology\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal: Rural Sociology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rural Sociology, the official journal of the Rural Sociological Society since 1937, publishes research on issues affecting rural people and places worldwide. The journal welcomes sociological and interdisciplinary studies, especially those advancing theory or employing diverse methodologies. Topics include impacts of local and global systems, community revitalization, demographic shifts, poverty, resource allocation, environment, and food and agriculture.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Leif Jensen
Penn State University
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Elizabeth Ransom
Penn State University
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Penn State University
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Penn State University
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Rural Sociology, the official journal of the Rural Sociological Society since 1937, publishes research on issues affecting rural people and places worldwide. The journal welcomes sociological and interdisciplinary studies, especially those advancing theory or employing diverse methodologies. Topics include impacts of local and global systems, community revitalization, demographic shifts, poverty, resource allocation, environment, and food and agriculture. View Issues Access current and past issues Rural Sociology. RSS members receive journal access as part of their membership. RSS Member – Journal Access Make a Submission Rural Sociology accepts papers that advance sociological measurement or offer critical analysis of theories relevant to rural sociology. Missing a Print Issue? Having trouble receiving your copy of Rural Sociology? Contact our publisher: \ud83d\udccd Wiley Blackwell\ud83d\udce7 cs-journals@wiley.com Co-Editor Leif JensenPenn State Universitylij1@psu.edu Co-Editor Elizabeth RansomPenn State Universityexr497@psu.edu Co-Editor Kathy BrasierPenn State Universitykbrasier@psu.edu Managing Editor Ellie MartinPenn State Universityelliemartin@psu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1167","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4578,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions\/4578"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}