The Australian Journal of Rural Health (AJRH) is a refereed online journal published on behalf of the Alliance by Wiley, and welcomes papers from Australian and international researchers and clinician researchers.
AJRH provides research information, policy articles, commentary and letters pertinent to health care in rural and remote areas, and is an important publication vehicle for researchers and practitioners.
The Journal is peer-reviewed and is listed in Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports. It has an impact factor of 2.1 (2024). In 2023, the Journal generated 93 Altmetric mentions in total. Altmetric measures shares and mentions across a range of platforms, including news sites, social media, blogs, forums, etc.
The Journal Advisory Committee, comprising representatives from the Alliance, Wiley and the Editor-in-Chief, guides the operation of the journal. The Editorial Board, led by the Editor-in-Chief and comprising the Associate Editors, is responsible for the content of the journal.
AJRH is a continuous publication. This means articles are published online as soon as they are ready, instead of waiting for an entire issue to be completed. Readers are provided with faster access to the final version of articles.
Subscription details are available on the Wiley website or from the Journal Manager.
NRHA Members and individual members of Friends of the Alliance receive free online access to AJRH.
AJRH welcomes the submission of manuscripts and the Editor is pleased to hear from potential referees. As well as manuscripts of full academic papers, AJRH also welcomes shorter articles on matters related to health in rural and remote areas, letters to the Editor and commentary. Author guidelines are available from the Wiley website. Articles for publication in AJRH may be submitted via this link: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ajrh
Contacts:
Deputy Editor: [email protected];
re manuscripts: [email protected];
phone +61 (03) 9274 3127
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Journal Advisory Committee: Susanne Tegen, NRHA Chief Executive; Dr Fergus Gardiner, Member NRHA Council; Ms Alison Bell, Wiley; Dr Pim Kuipers, Editor-in-Chief.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief: Associate Professor Luke Wakely (University of Newcastle’s Department of Rural Health)
Deputy Editor: Dr Jo Spong (Adelaide University Rural Clinical School)
Associate Editors: Professor Philip Batterham (Australian National University); Pamela Harvey (Monash University); Amy-Louise Byrne (CQ University); Mary Bushell (University of Canberra); Carlos Mesa Castrillon (University of Sydney); Dr Marianne Gillam (University of South Australia); Dr Yann Guisard (Rural Doctors Network); Associate Professor Michelle Guppy (University of New England); Fiona Dangerfield (La Trobe Rural Health School), Dr Adam Hulme (University of Queensland); Dr Anne Jones (James Cook University); Dr Victor Oguoma (University of Queensland); Dr Emily Saurman (University of Sydney); Clinton Schultz (Black Dog Institute) and Jo Spong (La Trobe University).