The Journal

Rural and Remote Health is a not-for-profit, open-access, online-only, peer-reviewed academic publication. It aims to further rural and remote health education, research and practice. The primary purpose of the Journal is to publish and so provide an international knowledge-base of peer-reviewed material from rural health practitioners (medical, nursing and allied health professionals and health workers), educators, researchers and policy makers.

The core business of the Journal is to:

  • Support rural health by disseminating rural health information in published peer-reviewed articles and other information.
  • Advantage our system to become self-supporting/independent.
  • Raise the profile of rural and remote health academics.

The Journal is committed to the accessibility of scholarly information, operates ethically (with regard to humans and animals, authorship and conflicts of interest) and upholds the integrity of scientific enquiry and publication. The authors, reviewers, honorary editorial positions and staff form the human content of the Journal and are treated fairly and with respect. All editorial, review and governance positions are honorary.

All material except some invited articles (editorials and commentaries), regularly published non-research material or news items and standing matter is reviewed by authors’ academic peers.
The journal does not accept paid third-party advertising.

Bibliographic information

Rural and Remote Health is indexed by AMI, APAFT, APAIS, APAIS-Health, ATSIROM, CABI, CINAHL, Current Contents, DOAJ, EBSCOhost, EMBASE, Informit (Health Collection), ProQuest, PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Sherpa Romeo and Web of Science (SSCI, SCIE). The Journal is also recognised by the Australian Government's ERA.

ISSN: 1445-6354

Number of issues per year: 4

Impact factor: 2.733

RRH Governance

Prof Ian Couper – Regional Editor

Professor Ian Couper is Director of the Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health and Professor of Rural Health at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. A trained family physician, he spent nine years practising in a remote rural hospital in northern KwaZuluNatal province, and then 16 years working in primary care and health service development in rural North West province. He held the first chair of rural health at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). He has chaired both the Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa (RuDASA) and the Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice (WONCA Rural).

African Editorial Panel

Regional Editor

Prof Ian Couper South Africa

Rural Health Policy

Hellen Myezwa South Africa

Rural Health Education

Adamson Muula Malawi

Ntodeni Ndwamato South Africa

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National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine Conference 2023, 7–8 June 2023, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
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28th WONCA Europe Conference, 7–10 June 2023, Brussels, Belgium
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Rotorua GP CME 2023, 8–11 June 2023, Rotorua, New Zealand
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Annual Minnesota Rural Health Conference, 12–13 June 2023, Duluth, MN, USA
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25th Annual Indiana Rural Health Conference, 13–14 June 2023, French Lick, IN, USA
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3rd International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2023, 14–16 June 2023, Cairns, Australia
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International Conference on Rural Remote Nursing and Rural Health (ICRRNRH), 15–16 June 2023, Tokyo, Japan
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Annual Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, 14–16 June 2023, Bismarck, ND, USA
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9th Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium, 20 & 21 June 2023, Canberra, Australia
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Annual National Rural Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictions, 25–29 June 2023, Menomonie, WI, USA
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WONCA CIMF VIII Regional Congress, 29 June–2 July 2023, Punta Cana, República Dominicana
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International Conference on Rural Nursing and Rural Health (ICRNRH 2023), 6–7 July 2023, Bali, Indonesia
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International Conference on Rural Nursing and Healthcare (ICRNH 2023), 17–18 July 2023, Berlin, Germany
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Bi-Annual International Rural Nursing Conference, 26–28 July 2023, Johnson City, TN, USA
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Ohio Rural Health Conference, 3–4 August 2023, Ada, OH, USA
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2023 Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC) Conference, 19–24 September 2023, Spokane, Washington, USA
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12th EURIPA Rural Health Forum, 19–21 October 2023, Călimănești-Căciulata, Romania
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Rural Medicine Australia Conference (RMA2023), 18–21 October 2023, nipaluna, lutruwita (Hobart, Tasmania), Australia
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LIME Connection Conference X, 23–26 October 2023, Ngunnawal Country (Canberra), Australia
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The Network: Towards Unity For Health (TUFH 2023), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 23–26 October 2023
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WONCA World Conference, 26–29 October 2023, Sydney, Australia
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Rural Mental Health Conference (RMHC), 8–10 November 2023, Albury, Australia
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