About the Journal

Rural, Urban and Research Innovation Studies (RURIS)

Rural, Urban and Research Innovation Studies (RURIS) is a multidisciplinary scientific journal published by Yayasan Alfatih Institut. Established in October 2025, the journal provides a platform for researchers, academics, practitioners, and policymakers to disseminate research findings, conceptual studies, and innovative works that address issues of rural and urban development.

RURIS aims to foster knowledge creation and innovation across diverse disciplines, with a strong commitment to supporting sustainable development and improving community well-being at local, national, and global levels.

Focus and Scope

The scope of RURIS includes, but is not limited to:

  • Rural and urban development studies

  • Technological, social, and cultural innovations

  • Governance, public policy, and regional planning

  • Economics, education, health, and social welfare

  • Environment, sustainability, and climate change mitigation

  • Other multidisciplinary research relevant to rural and urban development

Publication Frequency

RURIS is published three times a year (triannually).

Open Access Policy

RURIS applies an open access policy, making all published content freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Readers are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles without prior permission from the publisher or the authors.

Copyright Notice

Copyright of the published articles remains with the authors. Authors grant the journal the right of first publication. Unless otherwise stated, all works in RURIS are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license.

Sponsorship Disclosure

RURIS is managed and published independently by Yayasan Alfatih Institut without commercial sponsorship. All editorial processes are carried out objectively and independently.

History of the Journal

RURIS was founded in October 2025 as part of Yayasan Alfatih Institut’s initiative to provide an academic forum for multidisciplinary research on rural, urban, and research innovation studies.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS and CLOCKSS systems to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal. In addition, RURIS is integrated with the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) for long-term digital preservation.