摘要：It is our pleasure to introduce you to the Journal of Rural Social Sciences (JRSS). JRSS, formerly Southern Rural Sociology (SRS), is the official journal of the Southern Rural Sociological Association (SRSA). The purpose of JRSS is to disseminate knowledge on rural issues inclusive of a broad range of disciplines, theoretical perspectives, and research methodologies. The editorial scope of JRSS is international and its content is multidisciplinary. JRSS is published electronically in open access format. Besides general research articles, we publish research notes, brief commentaries on rural and rurality-related topics, and book reviews in JRSS. General research articles and research notes submitted to JRSS will go through a double-blind peer-review process. Commentaries, however, will not be peer-reviewed. As co-editors, we will review each commentary and decide whether it addresses a relevant, timely and/or salient issue. Often, we will invite authors to submit thought-provoking commentaries to foster future discussions. Therefore, we welcome and encourage original submissions of manuscripts, research notes, and commentaries from scholars working in a variety of disciplines and specialty areas including, but not limited to: Rural Sociology; Agricultural Economics; Natural Resource Sociology; Demography and Immigration; Community Sociology; Sociology of Agrifood; Rural Health; Agricultural Education; Cultural Anthropology; Cultural Geography; Rural Policy, and Rural History. We also invite proposals for guest-edited special issues of JRSS.
