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Journal of Land and Rural Studies Template

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About the Journal of Land and Rural Studies format

Journal of Land and Rural Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Land Rights and Reforms, Social and Economic Development in India, Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inLand Rights and Reforms Social and Economic Development in India Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development Agricultural risk and resilience South Asian Studies and Conflicts
ISSN2321-0249
Citation impact (2-yr)0.6
h-index15
i10-index27
Total citations963
Top institutions publishing hereCentre for Economic and Social Studies
Journal websiteus.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Journal of Land and Rural Studies per year

18
2014
18
2015
21
2016
18
2017
9
2018
15
2019
19
2020
14
2021
17
2022
12
2023
18
2024
20
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Land and Rural Studies by publication year

207
2014
65
2015
106
2016
126
2017
67
2018
59
2019
119
2020
51
2021
37
2022
15
2023
21
2024
4
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Land and Rural Studies

Rising Farm Wages in India—The ‘Pull’ and ‘Push’ Factors

Ashok Gulati, Surbhi Jain, Nidhi Satija · 1 Jul 2014

During the Eleventh Five year Plan (2007–2012), nominal farm wages in India increased by 17.5 per cent per annum (p.a), and real farm wages by 6.8 per cent p.a., registering the fastest growth since economic reforms began in 1991. Farming being labour intensive, this rapid increase in farm wages has raised cost of production of…

Access to Basic Amenities

Arjun Kumar · 1 Jan 2014

This article examines the changes in access to basic amenities like drinking water, sanitation, electricity, housing qualities and drainage arrangement for rural and urban India during 1993, 2002 and 2008–2009 using National Sample Survey’s Housing Conditions unit record data across social and economic groups. With respect to all the indicators of basic amenities, improvement was…

The Genesis of Peri-urban Ethiopia: The Case of Hawassa City

Eshetayehu Kinfu, Henning Bombeck, Agizew Nigussie et al. · 17 Dec 2018

Peri-urban areas present planning challenges of contemporary urbanisation and settlements in the Global South. Studies about peri-urban area tend to focus upon the Global North and Asia, while little has been done on sub-Saharan Africa. Available research in sub-Saharan Africa is largely confined to studying economic forces driving periurbanisation, land markets and informality. Few have…

Sen’s Capability Approach

David Anaafo · 1 Jan 2014

Poverty is a vexed concept almost lacking a solution. While several approaches exist to measure poverty in diverse situations, there is no universal consensus on what constitutes poverty and how it should be measured. To one group basic needs approach to poverty measurement is the most appropriate; to another, income measures are the most accurate…

Rural Transformation in India in the Decade of Miraculous Economic Growth

Ramphul Ohlan · 3 Jun 2016

The study empirically measures the pattern and extent of rural transformation in India using a comprehensive assessment system based on three multidimensional indices, namely rural development index, rural transformation index and urban–rural coordination index. The constructed rural transformation index shows that rural India has undergone a sweeping transformation during the decade of sharp economic growth.…

Journal of Land and Rural Studies template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Land and Rural Studies format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Journal of Land and Rural Studies template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Journal of Land and Rural Studies use?
Journal of Land and Rural Studies uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Journal of Land and Rural Studies?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Journal of Land and Rural Studies document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Journal of Land and Rural Studies template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Journal of Land and Rural Studies format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Journal of Land and Rural Studies?
Journal of Land and Rural Studies is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Journal of Land and Rural Studies template matches SAGE's official submission format.
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Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Journal of Land and Rural Studies template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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