Journal profile · SOCIOLOGY
Eastern European Countryside
ISSN 1232-8855 · Walter de Gruyter
Eastern European Countryside: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0; fully open access; 7 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Eastern European Countryside is published by Walter de Gruyter and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Rural development and sustainability, Agricultural economics and policies and Urbanization and City Planning, together about 40.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): SOCIOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Rural development and sustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.3%
- Agricultural economics and policiesSocial Sciences13.4%
- Urbanization and City PlanningSocial Sciences9.3%
- Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational StudiesSocial Sciences7.2%
- Social Issues in PolandSocial Sciences5.3%
- Polish socio-economic developmentEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Post-Communist Economic and Political TransitionSocial Sciences4.9%
- Polish Historical and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 91.67%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 336 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 40 |
| 2024 | 72 | 72 | 14 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 28 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter
- ISSN
- 1232-8855
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Eastern European Countryside
What CAS zone is Eastern European Countryside in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Eastern European Countryside is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Eastern European Countryside?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 15.
Which databases index Eastern European Countryside?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Eastern European Countryside is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Eastern European Countryside open access, and what is the APC?
Eastern European Countryside is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .