Table 1 Publication characteristics of the rurality indices
Author and publication year | Country | Peer review (yes/no) | Citation index by Web of Science |
|---|---|---|---|
Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Department of Human Services and Health, 1994 [24] | Australia | No | not included |
Weinert et al., 1995 [25] | USA | Yes | 38 |
Leduc, 1997 [26] | Canada | Yes | not included |
Department of Health and Aged Care, 2001 [27] | Australia | No | not included |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Canberra, 2004 [28] | Australia | No | not included |
Swan et al., 2008 [29] | Scotland | Yes | 9 |
Kralj, 2008 [11] | Canada | No | not included |
McGrail et al., 2009Â [30] | Australia | Yes | 61 |
Han et al., 2012 [31] | China | Yes | 9 |
Humphreys et al., 2012 [13] | Australia | Yes | not included |
Steinhaeuser et al., 2014 [32] | Germany | Yes | 8 |
Mao et al., 2015 [33] | USA | Yes | 4 |
Zhu et al., 2015 [34] | USA | Yes | not included |
Inagami et al., 2016 [35] | USA | Yes | 3 |
Alasia et al., 2017 [36] | Canada | No | 6 |
Calovi et al., 2018 [37] | Italy | Yes | 0 |
Doogan et al., 2018 [38] | USA | Yes | 0 |