About the Journal

The Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (RESR) (online ISSN 1806-9479; printed ISSN 0103-2003) is a scientific online publication by the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics and Sociology (SOBER) available in open access and peer-reviewed. Accepted papers are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license in Portuguese, English, and/or Spanish following a continuous publishing model, with papers organized into four annual editions. RESR charges submission and publication fees to cover production, indexing, and system costs.

Mission

The Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (RESR) aims to disseminate research results in the fields of rural economics, administration, outreach, and sociology to promote and stimulate the debate of themes and issues of economic and social importance, as well as to collaborate to the scientific and technological development of Brazil and other parts of the world.

Focus and Scope

RESR publishes original contributions derived from scientific research, including original articles and literature reviews, written in Portuguese, English, and/or Spanish, focusing on topics related to the evolution, problems, current situation, trends, and changes in agriculture, agribusiness, and rural issues. RESR covers a variety of topics:

Agribusiness economics and management
Agribusiness project and operations management
Agribusiness management structures and models
Agribusiness supply and demand chain management
Marketing, markets, and pricing
Macroeconomic policies and agribusiness
International trade and agribusiness company internationalization
Agriculture, environment, and sustainable development
Structure and dynamics of agri-food systems and agro-industrial chains
Family farming and rurality
Territorial development
Social issues related to the rural environment and agribusiness
Science, research, and technology in agriculture and agribusiness
Institutions and social development in agribusiness and the evolution and structure of agriculture in Brazil

RESR’s target population includes professors, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, and market professionals.

Indicators

Google Scholar H-5 Index: 19
SJR/Scopus H-Index: 21
Scopus CiteScore 2023: 1.1
SJR 2023: 0.281
SNIP 2023: 0.53

Indexing Sources

Indexers

Directories

Thematic Repositories

AgEcon Search (until 2017)

Digital Preservation

The Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural ensures digital preservation through LOCKSS by Cariniana (Brazilian Network of Digital Preservation Services), established by SciELO’s Digital Preservation Policy.

Achievements and History

2023-2024

Complete revision of policies and instructions for authors to expand and systematize the adoption of recommended best practices.
Establishment of a policy on Open Science.
Establishment of a policy on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools.
Establishment of a policy on recommendations for reporting research results (Reporting guidelines).

2021

Digitization of the historical archive.

2020

Implementation of the requirement to publish ORCID for all authors.

2015

Adoption of the CC BY 4.0 license starting as of Volume 53, Number 2.

2006

Indexation in Scopus.
Indexation in CABI Abstracts.

2003

Indexation in SciELO.

2002

Beginning of online publication.
Adoption of the CC BY NC 4.0 license.
Obtained the online ISSN 1806-9479.

1988

Renaming the journal to the current title, Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (printed ISSN 0103-2003), as of Volume 26, Number 1, continuing from its previous title.

1968

Beginning of publication under the title Revista de Economia Rural (printed ISSN 0100-4905).

Funding Sources

Publisher

The RESR is maintained by the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Administration, and Sociology (SOBER).

Funding Agencies

Currently, the RESR does not receive funding from agencies. The journal received financial support from CNPq in 2021.

Sponsors and Advertisements

RESR does not accept sponsorship from other organizations, nor does it display advertisements as a means of receiving additional revenue.

Submission and Publication Fees

RESR charges submission (processing) and publication fees (see the Processing and Publication Fee section).

Open Science

The Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural supports Open Science and has been working to encourage and expand its adoption. Some initiatives already implemented include:

Publishing according to the Gold Open Access model.
Accepting submissions previously published on preprint servers.
Presenting the names of editors responsible for handling and deciding on published submissions.
Requiring and publishing authors’ declarations regarding the availability of research data.
Encouraging the sharing and citation of data deposited in repositories.
Requiring ORCID for all authors.
Digitizing and making its entire historical archive available.
Encouraging authors to adopt guidelines and checklists to improve transparency, quality, and reproducibility.
Recommending the adoption of SAGER guidelines to promote inclusivity and equity, as well as ethical responsibility, transparency, quality, and reproducibility.

Other initiatives—such as increasing the journal’s adherence to the TOP Guidelines for promoting openness and transparency, promoting principles of Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, Accessibility (DEIA), and different modalities for opening up the peer review process—continue to be studied in consultation with the community for gradual and sustainable implementation.

Copyright

Authors of contributions published in the RESR retain all copyright to their work without restrictions and agree to publish it in the journal under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license. The journal retains the right of first publication and, on a non-exclusive basis, the right to reproduce and distribute the published work in electronic and printed media, as well as to include it in national and international databases, directories, and indexes.

Open Access and Licensing

The journal adopts the Gold Open Access model, licensing the published works under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0), which grants permission for third parties to distribute, modify, adapt, and create derivative works based on the published material, even for commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit is given to the original work and authors.

RESR has adopted this license since the publication of Volume 53, Number 2, in 2015. The previous license was CC BY NC (see Achievements and History).

Self-Archiving

RESR encourages authors, under the conditions of the Open Access license for their published works, to enter into separate and non-exclusive agreements for the distribution and self-archiving of their published article, without embargoes, as soon as it becomes available online. Examples of self-archiving include posting it on personal blogs, institutional repositories, academic or personal social media, or even publishing it as a book chapter. When posting or publishing their work, authors should always make sure to cite and properly reference the initial publication in RESR, including the DOI of the published article.

Bibliographic Information

Journal’s title: Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural
Abbreviated title: Rev. Econ. Sociol. Rural (Online)
Published by: Brasília DF: Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural
Publication frequency: Annual
Publishing mode: Continuous Publishing
Year of inception: 1968

Websites and Social Media

Official website: https://www.revistasober.org
Social media: Under development.