The Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS) has increased its impact factor and remains one of the top journals in the categories Development Studies and Anthropology.
The Clarivate/Web of Science Journal Citation Report has once again recognized The Journal of Peasant Studies as one of the top journals in the fields of anthropology and development studies.
Publishing international research on rural politics and developments, and on the social structure of peasants, rural labourers and migrant workers, JPS has seen its impact factor rise to 6.4 from its previous score of 5.1. The journal's 5-year impact factor is 7.2.
The impact factor is a measure of the extent to which articles appearing in the journal are cited.
The Journal was ranked 1st out of 88 in the category Anthropology and 3rd out of 41 in the category Development Studies.
JPS/ISS collaboration
Published by Taylor Francis, JPS has very close ties with the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) with many faculty and PhD researchers serving on its Editorial and Advisory Boards. The Institute also houses the journal's editorial office, with ISS Professor Jun Borras as the current editor.