| The Journal of Rural Health | |
| Former Name: | American Journal of Rural Health |
| Abbreviation: | J. Rural Health |
| Discipline: | Rural health |
| Language: | English |
| Editor: | Tyrone Borders |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| History: | 1981–present |
| Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Impact: | 5.667 |
| Impact-Year: | 2021 |
| Issn: | 0890-765X |
| Eissn: | 1748-0361 |
| Website: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1748-0361 |
| Link1: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1748-0361/currentissue |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1748-0361/issues |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
The Journal of Rural Health is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering rural health. It was established in 1981 as the American Journal of Rural Health, obtaining its current name in 1985. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the National Rural Health Association. The editor-in-chief is Tyrone Borders (University of Kentucky). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.667, ranking it 15/109 in Health Care Sciences & Services journals, 6/88 in Health Policy & Services journals, 49/210 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health journals, and 27/183 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (Social Science) journals.[1]