International Journal of Rural Management

Aims & Scope

The overarching purpose of the journal is to create a community of scholars and promote scholarship in the field of Rural Management.

It does so by acting as a vehicle that promotes scholarship and disseminates knowledge.

Anything rural is of interest; however, the journal has an avowed bias towards matters of policy, institutions, organizations and practices.

The journal publishes conceptual, empirical and review papers in the form of research articles, reports of research in progress, analyses of current and topical practice, policy issues relating to rural management, field notes, and book reviews.

The writing style should be such that it is addressed to an international audience.

It would, therefore, be necessary that names of places, at least at the beginning, should be so provided that the reader is able to locate them in a national (country) and sub-national (region/province/state) context.

IJRM is a peer reviewed journal and follows the practice of double-blind reviews.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Measuring Financial Inclusion of Indian States

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Dilip, Ardhendu Shekhar, Bhama

• The Role of the Himalayan Mountain Systems in Food Security and Agricultural Sustainability in South Asia

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Golam

• Personal and Economic Empowerment in Rural Indian Women

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Tracey L., Maureen, Saswata Narayan

• <i>Jugaad</i>—From ‘Making Do’ and ‘Quick Fix’ to an Innovative, Sustainable and Low-Cost Survival Strategy at the Bottom of the Pyramid

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Ramendra, Vaibhav, Akash

• Impact of Microcredit on Employment Generation and Empowerment of Rural Women in India

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Srimoyee, Tarak Nath

• Helping the Helpless: Contribution of Rural Extension Services to Smallholder Farmers’ Climate Change Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation in Rural Ghana

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Peter, Ebo, Justina A.

• Water, Equity and Development

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Sanjiv J.

• The Changing Agricultural Demography of India

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Amrita

• Strengthening Agriculture Value Chain through Collectives: Comparative Case Analysis

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Sneha, Nisha, K. K.

• Farmer Producer Company: India’s Magic Bullet to Realise Select SDGs?

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Mamta, Madhavi