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European Countryside

The Journal of Mendel University in Brno

Open Access
1
Impact Factor
2,6
CiteScore
Journal detailsArticles & issues

About the journal

The Journal publishes articles on the European countryside, the rural areas of individual European countries or regions. ...

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Editor-in-chief

Milada Stastna
Mendel University in Brno, Czechia
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All volumes and issues in this journal

Open Access
|Oct 2025
Social Innovation in Rural Development Policy: Strengthening Participation, Representation and Accountability
Open Access
|Oct 2025
Impacts of International Immigrants’ Capitals on Neo-Endogenous Rural Development in the French and Spanish Pyrenees
Open Access
|Oct 2025
Reconstruction and Revitalization of the Allotment Gardens Network in Hungary
Open Access
|Oct 2025
Agricultural Characteristics and Innovation Potential in the Vojvodina Region, Serbia
Open Access
|Oct 2025
The Governance and Development Policy Dimensions of the Success of Rural Proofing
Open Access
|Oct 2025
Proximity and Population Size in Rural Prosperity: Insights from Slovakia

Journal details

Aims and scope

The Journal publishes articles on the European countryside, the rural areas of individual European countries or regions. The multidisciplinary periodical contains papers from an ecology of a rural landscape, rural sociology, demography and gender, multi-functional rural development, agriculture and other branches of the rural economy, impacts of Common Agricultural Policy on rural development, rural geography, rural borderland, rural and agro-tourism, rural settlement, small towns as centres of rural micro-regions, rural planning and architecture, rural collaboration. It prefers complex contributions with rural development issues to articles with narrowly economic or technical issues.

Why subscribe and read

European journal is focused on multi-functional problems of the countryside, connecting western and eastern European rural problems and streaming to the common future in unifying Europe. However, special issues focus on selected topics. Those interested in rural development will find theories, methods, drinks and information from various disciplines. Papers are free accessed.

Why submit

Journal is reviewed according to the standard procedure. The Editorial Board is available to guide the authors through finalizing the contributions. The review process is confidential. The authors will gain unlimited opportunity to be read, quoted and networked for an insignificant amount of money. The journal allows and prefers colour graphics to a reasonable extent without financial surcharges. Article citations can be found in major databases including Web of Knowledge, SCOPUS or Google Scholar. The Cite Score at SCOPUS has been rising steadily since 2012.

Rejection Rate

  • 37%
eISSN: 1803-8417|Language: English|Publication frequency: 4 times per year
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