Dynamics of Rural Society Journal

Call for Papers: Dynamics of Rural Society Journal (DRSJ)

Volume 5, Issue 1 | January 2027

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2026

Dynamics of Rural Society Journal (DRSJ) is an international, open-access, and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing global understanding of rural societies and the social transformations that shape them, with a particular focus on the Global South. The journal provides a platform for research that is both theoretically informed and empirically grounded, encouraging interdisciplinary approaches to understanding rural change.

Published by the Department of Sociology at Gorontalo State University, Indonesia, in collaboration with the Association of Indonesian Sociology Study Programs (APSSI), DRSJ invites contributions from scholars, researchers, and students worldwide. The journal aims to foster discussions on rural development, social inequalities, and collective action in rural contexts.

Indexing

Dynamics of Rural Society Journal is indexed in the following prominent databases:

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Sinta 2
• The VU Journal Publishing Guide (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
• ASIAN Science Citation Index (ASCI)
• Dimensions
• Google Scholar
• Wageningen University and Research Library Search
• GARUDA
• Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
• Crossref
• Scispace
• Scilit

Invitation to Submit

We are pleased to invite scholars and researchers to submit original research articles and review papers for Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2027 of DRSJ.

Before submitting your manuscript to Dynamics of Rural Society Journal, please ensure that it adheres to the journal's guidelines and policies, particularly the aims and scope and manuscript submission guidelines. Below is the aims and scope of the journal.

Focus and Scope

Dynamics of Rural Society Journal (DRSJ) focuses on the intersection of rural social transformation, policy processes, and development challenges in Global South contexts. Drawing on social science and interdisciplinary perspectives, the journal examines how rural societies experience, negotiate, and reshape social change, development interventions, governance arrangements, agrarian transitions, environmental pressures, inequality, and community resilience.

Dynamics of Rural Society Journal (DRSJ) welcomes manuscripts that contribute to the study of rural social transformation, policy processes, and development challenges in Global South contexts. Consistent with its aims and focus, the journal covers manuscripts within four major domains:

1. Rural social transformation, inequality, and welfare, including rural poverty, exclusion, vulnerability, social protection, welfare arrangements, social mobility, unequal access to land, labor, education, health, and public services, as well as class, gender, ethnicity, age, caste, disability, and other forms of social differentiation in rural communities;
2. Livelihoods, labor, agrarian, and rural economic change, including farming, fishing, wage labor, informal work, entrepreneurship, household survival strategies, labor precarity, market integration, technological change, livelihood diversification, agrarian restructuring, land relations, food systems, and rural political economy;
3. Policy, governance, institutions, and rural citizenship, including public policy impacts, rural governance, decentralization, public service delivery, agricultural and rural development policy, resource governance, participatory institutions, policy implementation, negotiation, contestation, grassroots agency, political participation, rights, recognition, and the relationship between rural communities and the state; and
4. Migration, community change, environmental resilience, and comparative Global South perspectives, including rural–urban migration, seasonal mobility, displacement, resettlement, youth outmigration, aging, family and household reorganization, collective identity, social memory, solidarity, conflict, local responses to crisis, environmental change, climate adaptation, disaster risk, rural resilience, South–South, comparative, and cross-national studies, as well as theoretical and empirical contributions from Global South rural contexts to global rural studies debates.

Why Contribute to DRSJ?

• Global Visibility: As an open-access journal, your work will be freely available to researchers and policymakers worldwide.
• Rigorous Peer Review: All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer-review process, ensuring high academic standards and constructive feedback.
• Impact and Relevance: DRSJ is indexed in renowned databases such as DOAJ, Sinta 2, ASCI, Dimensions, and others, ensuring that your work reaches a broad academic and professional audience.
• Inclusive and Diverse Perspectives: We encourage scholars from around the world, particularly those working in the Global South, to share their insights and contribute to a broader dialogue on rural transformation.

Submission Guidelines

• Language: Manuscripts must be written in English. If English is not your first language, we recommend utilizing professional editing services to ensure clarity and quality.
• Article Types: We accept original research articles and review papers.
• Formatting: Please refer to the DRSJ Submission Guidelines on our website for detailed formatting instructions.

Key Dates

• Manuscript Submission Deadline: September 1, 2026
• First Decision: Within 30 days of submission
• Final Decision (after review): Within 100 days
• Final Acceptance: Within 120 days
• Online Publication: 7 days after acceptance

How to Submit

Manuscripts should be submitted via the DRSJ Submission Portal at https://drsj.fis.ung.ac.id/index.php/DRSJ/onlinesubmission. Each submission will undergo double-blind peer review to ensure high standards of scholarship.

Inquiries

For any questions regarding the submission process or the focus of this special issue, please do not hesitate to contact the editorial team at:

Email: drsj@ung.ac.id; sahrain@ung.ac.id

Website: https://drsj.fis.ung.ac.id/DRSJ/home