Journal profile
Extensao Rural
ISSN 1415-7802 · eISSN 2318-1796 · Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) · Brazil
Extensao Rural: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 5 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Extensao Rural is published by Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Rural Development and Agriculture, Agricultural Development and Management and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development, together about 52.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
O periódico Extensão Rural é uma publicação científica interdisciplinar desde 1993, de periodicidade trimestral, do Departamento de Educação Agrícola e Extensão Rural (DEAER) do Centro de Ciências Rurais (CCR) da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), destinada à publicação de trabalhos inéditos, na forma de artigos científicos e revisões bibliográficas em português, inglês ou espanhol, relacionados às áreas de: Desenvolvimento Rural; Economia e Administração Rural; Sociologia e Antropologia Rural; Extensão e Comunicação Rural; Sustentabilidade no Espaço Rural.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Argentina 6, France 3, Portugal 2, Mexico 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Rural Development and AgricultureEnvironmental Science31.9%
- Agricultural Development and ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.4%
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Agricultural economics and policiesSocial Sciences7.7%
- Rural and Ethnic EducationSocial Sciences7.3%
- Agriculture and Agroindustry StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Latin American rural developmentAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
AGRIS, Latindex-Directorio, Diretório Luso-Brasileiro, e-revist@s, Journals for Free, EZB Nutzeranfragen, OAJI, Portal livRe!, Sumários.org, Diadorim, Portal SEER, Portal de Periódicos CAPES, Rede Cariniana, Google ScholarPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 355 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 56 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 53 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 76 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 84 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- artigos científicosdestinada à publicação de trabalhos inéditos, na forma de artigos científicos e revisões bibliográficasLength not stated
- revisões bibliográficasdestinada à publicação de trabalhos inéditos, na forma de artigos científicos e revisões bibliográficasLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 Internacional Model summary
Todo o conteúdo do periódico, exceto onde está identificado, está licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons do tipo atribuição BY-NC-SA 4.0 Internacional.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
O periódico utiliza o sistema duplo-cego para avaliação (double blind peer review - caracterizado pelo anonimato mútuo entre autores e revisores).
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1415-7802
- Electronic ISSN
- 2318-1796
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Extensao Rural
How long does peer review take at Extensao Rural?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Extensao Rural based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Argentina (6), France (3) and Portugal (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Extensao Rural?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Extensao Rural is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Extensao Rural open access, and what is the APC?
Extensao Rural is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .