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Rural Society Template

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About the Rural Society format

Rural Society is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Rural development and sustainability, Education Systems and Policy, Mining and Resource Management.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Rural Society 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inRural development and sustainability Education Systems and Policy Mining and Resource Management Community Development and Social Impact Agricultural Innovations and Practices
ISSN1037-1656
Citation impact (2-yr)1.86
h-index40
i10-index248
Total citations8,394
Top institutions publishing hereCharles Sturt University
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Rural Society per year

32
2014
15
2015
19
2016
18
2017
18
2018
16
2019
18
2020
10
2021
15
2022
18
2023
16
2024
19
2025

Citation impact of Rural Society by publication year

363
2014
195
2015
269
2016
217
2017
288
2018
179
2019
557
2020
77
2021
111
2022
51
2023
60
2024
26
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Rural Society

Mining Developments and Social Impacts on Communities: Bowen Basin Case Studies

Vanessa Petkova, Stewart Lockie, John Rolfe et al. · 1 Oct 2009

Mining activities in Australia tend to be cyclical, with boom and bust times impacting upon associated communities. However, little information exists to classify key impacts or to identify how they vary across mining service towns. In this paper, qualitative social impact assessment techniques have been used to independently assess post-development impacts of mining on six…

Economics for Collaborative Environmental Management: Renegotiating the Commons

Ingrid van Putten · 1 Jan 2006

Marshall, G. (2005). Economics for collaborative environmental management: Renegotiating the commons. London: Earthscan. ISBN 184407-095-6 pp. X + 171 RRP £22.95 paperback.With sustainable development as its underlying theme, this book seeks to outline how economics might help to deliver the participative and collaborative approach to environmental management that such development requires, and which governments increasingly…

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Community-owned renewable energy (CRE): Opportunities for rural Australia

Jarra Hicks, N Ison · 1 Jun 2011

Community-owned renewable energy (CRE) projects are on the rise across the world, including in Australia. This article applies a STEEP (social, technological, environmental, economic, political) analysis to CRE case studies to elucidate the opportunities, benefits and limitations for CRE in the rural Australian context. While CRE is a new sector in Australia, many opportunities exist…

A conceptual framework for investigating community wellbeing and resilience

Rod McCrea, Andrea Walton, Rosemary Leonard · 1 Oct 2014

This article presents the conceptual basis for empirically testing the relationship between community wellbeing and resilience. Previous research has argued that rural communities facing rapid economic, social and environmental change need to be resilient to maintain or enhance their community wellbeing. However, it is often not clear what is meant by community wellbeing or resilience,…

Rural Society template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Rural Society format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Rural Society template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Rural Society use?
Rural Society uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) 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, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Rural Society 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Rural Society?
No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Rural Society 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 Rural Society template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Rural Society format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Rural Society?
Rural Society is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Rural Society template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Rural Society PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Rural Society template (the interact class) that is ready to submit to Taylor & Francis, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Rural Society template cost?
You can start writing in the Rural Society template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Rural Society PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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