Rural Sociology is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering rural sociology.

It was established in 1936 and is the official journal of the Rural Sociological Society.

It is published by John Wiley & Sons and the editor-in-chief is Carol J.

Ward (Brigham Young University).

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.078, ranking it 17th out of 149 journals in the category "Sociology".