Australian Journal of Rural Health - Overview

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The Australian Journal of Rural Health (AJRH) is a multidisciplinary refereed journal published on behalf of NRHA by Wiley Blackwell both in hardcopy and online.  It is peer reviewed and listed in Thomson ISI with an impact factor of 1.070. AJRH is listed in the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) 2012 journal list published by the Australian Research Council with Fields of Research (FoR) of  11 (Medical and Health Science)  and 16 (Studies in Human Society). It is listed in Medline, as well as other major abstracting and indexing services.  AJRH provides research information, policy articles and reflections related to health care in rural and remote areas of Australia, and is an important publication vehicle for researchers and practitioners.

Since its inception in 1993, AJRH has contributed significantly to the publication of research reports and expert opinion on rural and remote health.  In 1999 ownership and management of AJRH was assumed by the National Rural Health Alliance. The Alliance welcomes participation by its Member Bodies as Journal Associates and Affiliates.  Journal Associates include the Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia (CRANAplus), and Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH). The Rural Nursing and Midwifery Faculty of the Royal College of Nursing is a Journal Affiliate.

Representatives of the Journal Associates and Affiliates and the publisher, together with the editorial team comprise the Journal Advisory Committee.  The Committee and the Editor are supported by international advisers.

This close involvement of key rural health stakeholders attests to the multi-disciplinary nature of AJRH and its primary purpose: to support and promote interdisciplinary health networks, and to help practitioners and researchers influence policies and programs to improve the health of people living and working in rural and remote areas.

Subscribers to AJRH include general practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals, pharmacists, government departments, hospitals, administrators, universities, rural health units and libraries. Subscription details are available on the Wiley Blackwell website or from the Journal Manager.

The AJRH welcomes the submission of manuscripts and the Editor is pleased to hear from potential referees. As well as manuscripts of full academic papers, AJRH also welcomes shorter articles on matters related to health in rural and remote areas, letters to the Editor, personal stories, practice pointers and obituaries.  Author guidelines are available from the Wiley Blackwell website.

The AJRH is published six times a year.

Articles for publication in AJRH may be submitted via this link:
   http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ajrh 

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Contacts

Journal Manager
Email:  ajrh@ruralhealth.org.au
Phone:  02 6285 4660

Editor
Associate Professor David Perkins
Phone:  08 8080 1282
 

Manuscripts
Samantha Allemann
Editorial Assistant, Wiley Blackwell
Phone: +61 (03) 9274 3118
Email: ajr.eo@wiley.com
 

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Advertising Executive, Wiley Blackwell
Phone: +61 (03) 9274 3165
Email: jason.graham@wiley.com

Journal Advisory Committee

Gordon Gregory
Chairperson, NRHA, Canberra

Jo McCubbin
NRHA, Sale

Sophie Heathcote
CRANAplus, Dubbo

Robyn Glynn
SARRAH, Darwin  

Chris Graf
Wiley Blackwell, Melbourne  

Jane Mills
RNMF of the RCNA, Cairns

Associate Professor David Perkins
Editor, Broken Hill

Professor Prasuna Reddy
Deputy Editor, Warrnambool

Professor John Humphreys
Deputy Editor, Bendigo

Professor David Lyle
Deputy Editor, Broken Hill

Associate Professor Erica Bell
Deputy Editor, Hobart

Professor Jeff Fuller
Deputy Editor, Adelaide

Associate Professor Chris Roberts
Deputy Editor, Sydney

 


International Advisers

Ms Pauline Barnett
Christchurch, New Zealand

Dr Thomas Norris
Seattle, USA

Prof James Rourke
Ontario, Canada

Prof Roger Strasser
Ontario, Canada

Dr John Wynn-Jones
Wales, UK

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