期刊名称:QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
ISSN: | 1468-7941
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出版频率: | Bi-monthly
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出版社: | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON, ENGLAND, EC1Y 1SP
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出版社网址: | http://qrj.sagepub.com/
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期刊网址: | http://qrj.sagepub.com/
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影响因子: |
2.918 (2020年)
3.141(2018年)
2.951(2017年)
2.012(2016年)
1.671(2015年)
1.909(2014年)
1.416(2013年)
1.487 (2012年)
1.426(2011年)
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主题范畴: | SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY; SOCIOLOGY |
期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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Qualitative Research is a fully peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles on the methodological diversity and multi-disciplinary focus of qualitative research within the social sciences.
Research based on qualitative methods, and methodological commentary on such research, have expanded exponentially in the past decades. This is the case across a number of disciplines including sociology, social anthropology, health and nursing, education, cultural studies, human geography, social and discursive psychology, and discourse studies. As the degree of internet in qualitative research is global, the scope of the journal is truly international as well as interdisciplinary, capitalizing on the current popularity of qualitative research methods across all of the social and cultural disciplines.
The distinctive mission of Qualitative Research is to promote and debate qualitative methods in a broad intellectual framework.
There are six issues a year divided into:
- Articles
- Short communication and research notes
- Reports on new technologies and other innovations
- Review essays and book reviews
Abstracting/Indexing:
Academic Search Premier
Anthropological Index Online
Anthropological Literature
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
British Education Index
Business Source Corporate
CareData
Caredata CD (Discontinued)
CD-ROM - International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
CD-ROM - International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Lterature on the Humanities and Social S
CD-ROM International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
CD-ROM International Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences
Combined Health Information Database (CHID)
Contents Pages in Education
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature CINAHL
Current Contents / Social and Behavioral Sciences
Current Contents/ Social and Behavioral Sciences
Current Index To Statistics
Educational Research Abstracts Online
Family Index
Family Index Database
Human Resources Abstracts
IBZ: International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
IBZ: International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Journal Citation Reports Social Sciences
Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition
MasterFILE Premier
Online - International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Online - International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social
Online - International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Online - International Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences
PAIS Bulletin
Psychological Abstracts
PsycINFO
Public Administration Abstracts
Research Alert
Research Into Higher Education Abstracts
Scopus
Social Care Online
Social Sciences Citation Index
Social Sciences Index
Social SciSearch
Social Services Abstracts
Social Work Abstracts
Sociofile
Sociological Abstracts
Sociology of Education Abstracts
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Instructions to Authors
1. Peer review policy
Qualitative Research operates a strictly anonymous peer review process in which the reviewer's name is withheld from the author and the author's name from the reviewer. The reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible, and an editorial decision is generally reached within 12 weeks of submission.
2. Article types
Qualitative Research publishes original research and review articles. The Journal considers the following kinds of article for publication:
1. Articles; 2. Research notes; 3. Review essays, symposia and book reviews. Note that articles and research notes should be methodological in content. Qualitative Research does not publish papers that are primarily reports of empirical research.
Full papers are generally restricted to a strict maximum length of 8000 words, including all elements (title page, abstract, notes, references, tables, biographical statement, etc.). We are reluctant to burden our referees with very long manuscripts. Authors who suspect that their articles will have to be cut anyway should make the required deletions before submitting.Authors should provide a word count as part of their submission.
Authors of potential Research Notes should look at two recently published Research Notes (eg Amanda Holt in 10.1 (2010), and Glenn A Bowen in 8.1 (2008)) for guidance. Research Notes submissions should be no longer than 2,500 words.
3. How to submit your manuscript
Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you carefully read and adhere to all the guidelines and instructions to authors provided below. Manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.All articles are restricted to a strict maximum length of 8,000 words.
Qualitative Research is hosted on SAGE Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Please read the Manuscript Submission guidelines below, and then simply visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/qrj to login and submit your article online. When submitting your manuscript, please supply the full contact details of three possible referees in countries other than your own.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
All papers (other than book reviews) must be submitted via the online system. The editors cannot enter into discussions about possible submissions prior to actual submission, on the basis of an outline or an abstract. If you are unsure about the suitability of Qualitative Research for your paper, or vice versa, then please look carefully at the contents of the journal, especially those in volume 5 issue 1 (2005) and volume 9 issue 1 (2009), and read between 8 and 10 papers published in the journal. Please pay close attention to the journal's mission statement.
Books for review and manuscripts of reviews should be sent to:
The Reviews Editor Sara Delamont c/o Mrs Rosemary Bartle-Jones Cardiff University School of Social Sciences Glamorgan Building King Edward VII Avenue Cardiff CF10 3WT Wales, UK
Email: JonesRB1@cardiff.ac.uk
4. Journal contributor’s publishing agreement Before publication SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. SAGE’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants SAGE the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than SAGE. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit our Frequently Asked Questions on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
Qualitative Research and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of articles published in the Journal. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the Journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article (removing it from the journal); taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; banning the author from publication in the journal or all SAGE journals, or appropriate legal action.
4.1 SAGE Choice and Open Access
If you or your funder wish your article to be freely available online to non subscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in SAGE Choice, subject to payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer review procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let SAGE know directly if you are choosing SAGE Choice. To check journal eligibility and the publication fee, please visit SAGE Choice. For more information on open access options and compliance at SAGE, including self author archiving deposits (green open access) visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.
Qualitative Research and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of articles published in the journal. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked using duplication-checking software. Where an article is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article (removing it from the journal); taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; banning the author from publication in the journal or all SAGE journals, or appropriate legal action.
5. Declaration of conflicting interests
Within your Journal Contributor's Publishing Agreement you will be required to make a certification with respect to a declaration of conflicting interests. Qualitative Research does not require a declaration of conflicting interests but recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
6. Other conventions
None applicable.
7. Acknowledgements
Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of your article prior to your Declaration of Conflicting Interests (if applicable), any notes and your References.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an `Acknowledgements’ section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support. Authors should disclose whether they had any writing assistance and identify the entity that paid for this assistance.
7.1 Funding Acknowledgement To comply with the guidance for Research Funders, Authors and Publishers issued by the Research Information Network (RIN), Qualitative Research additionally requires all Authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit Funding Acknowledgement on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway for funding acknowledgement guidelines.
8. Permissions
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
9. Manuscript style
9.1 File types Only electronic files conforming to the journal's guidelines will be accepted. Preferred formats for the text and tables of your manuscript are Word DOC, RTF, XLS. LaTeX files are also accepted. Please also refer to additional guideline on submitting artwork below.
9.2 Journal Style
- Attach to every submission a letter confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal.
- Include a title page with full title and subtitle (if any). For the purposes of blind refereeing, full name of each author with current affiliation and full address/phone/fax/email details plus short biographical note should be supplied on a separate sheet, along with the full contact details of three possible referees in countries other than the authors'. The editors will not inspect the manuscript until this information is given.
- Also for the purposes of blind refereeing, authors should replace all self-citations in the text and reference list with anonymous citations, in the style (Author, 2009), etc.
- Any citation that includes any of the authors should be replaced with (Author A and others, 2003) in the text, and in the reference list at 'Au' put 'Author A and others (2003), details withheld for peer review' followed by Author B and others, if necessary.
- Abstract of 100-150 words.
- Up to 10 key words.
- All authors must provide a full word count for their paper, fully inclusive of all references, figures and tables. The maximum word length is 8,000 words including all references, figures and tables. Authors should estimate that any figures and tables are the equivalent of 300-500 words of text each. The preferred length is 6000 - 8000 words. Papers exceeding the maximum word count will be unsubmitted.
- Text should be clearly organized with a clear hierarchy of headings and subheadings and quotations exceeding 40 words displayed indented in the text.
- The journal uses notes where necessary. Historical, documentary or archival sources should be cited in endnotes. Discursive endnotes are also allowed. Endnotes are signalled in the text by superscript numbers.
- References in both the text and in any endnotes should follow SAGE Harvard style. References are cited in the text thus: (author, date: page).
- An alphabetical References section should follow the text (and endnotes, if any) using the SAGE Harvard system.
- All line diagrams and photographs are termed 'Figures' and should be referred to as such in the manuscript. They should be numbered consecutively. All figures should have short descriptive captions at the end of the document.
- Articles must be written in English. Use a clear, readable style, avoiding jargon. If technical terms or acronyms must be included, define them when first used. Use non-racist, non-sexist language and plurals rather than he/she.
- UK or US spellings may be used with '-ize' spellings as given in the Oxford English Dictionary (e.g. organize, recognize).
- Use single quotation marks with double quotes inside single quotes. Dates should be presented in the form 1 May 2010. Do not use points in abbreviations, contractions or acronyms (e.g. AD, USA, Dr, PhD)
9.3 Reference Style Qualitative Research adheres to the SAGE Harvard reference style. Click here to review the guidelines on SAGE Harvard to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.
If you use EndNote to manage references, download the SAGE Harvard output style by following this link and save to the appropriate folder (normally for Windows C:\Program Files\EndNote\Styles and for Mac OS X Harddrive:Applications:EndNote:Styles). Once you've done this, open EndNote and choose 'Select Another Style...' from the dropdown menu in the menu bar; locate and choose this new style from the following screen.
9.4. Manuscript Preparation The text should be double-spaced throughout and with a minimum of 3cm for left and right hand margins and 5cm at head and foot. Text should be standard 10 or 12 point.
9.4.1 Your Title, Keywords and Abstracts: Helping readers find your article online The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article online through online search engines such as Google. Please refer to the information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords by visiting SAGE's Journal Author Gateway Guidelines on How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online.
9.4.2 Corresponding Author Contact details Provide full contact details for the corresponding author including email, mailing address and telephone numbers. Academic affiliations are required for all co-authors. These details should be presented separately to the main text of the article to facilitate anonymous peer review.
9.4.3 Guidelines for submitting artwork, figures and other graphics For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit SAGE's Manuscript Submission Guidelines. Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from SAGE after receipt of your accepted article.
9.4.4 Guidelines for submitting supplemental files Qualitative Research does not currently accept supplemental files.
9.4.5 English Language Editing services Non-English speaking authors who would like to refine their use of language in their manuscripts might consider using a professional editing service. Visit http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalgateway/msg.htm for further information.
10. After acceptance
10.1 Proofs We will email a PDF of the proofs to the corresponding author. Any corrections should be sent to the editors within two weeks of receipt.
10.2 E-Prints
SAGE provides authors with access to a PDF of their final article. For further information please visit http://www.sagepub.co.uk/authors/journal/reprint.sp.
10.3 SAGE Production At SAGE we place an extremely strong emphasis on the highest production standards possible. We attach high importance to our quality service levels in copy-editing, typesetting, printing, and online publication (http://online.sagepub.com/). We also seek to uphold excellent author relations throughout the publication process.
We value your feedback to ensure we continue to improve our author service levels. On publication all corresponding authors will receive a brief survey questionnaire on your experience of publishing in Qualitative Research with SAGE.
10.4 OnlineFirst Publication A large number of SAGE journals benefit from OnlineFirst, a feature offered through SAGE's electronic journal platform, SAGE Journals Online. It allows final revision articles (completed articles in queue for assignment to an upcoming issue) to be hosted online prior to their inclusion in a final print and online journal issue which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. For more information please visit our OnlineFirst Fact Sheet
11. Further information
The editors will not provide advice on abstracts. All prospective authors are recommended to read the editorials in the journal, especially those in volume 5 issue 1 (2005) and volume 9 issue 1 (2009), and read between 8 and 10 papers published in the journal, before reaching their own judgment about submission. Close reading of the mission statement is also recommended.
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the Manuscript Submission process should be sent to Angela Jones in the Editorial Office as follows:
Angela Jones, Editorial Assistant Qualitative Research Cardiff School of Social Sciences Cardiff University Glamorgan Building King Edward VII Avenue Cardiff CF10 3WT Wales, UK
Email: JonesA7@cardiff.ac.uk
Editorial Board
Associate Editor:
Regional Editorial Advisors:
Editorial Assistant:
Editorial Board:
Marc Berg |
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Netherlands |
J A Sluka |
Massey Univ - Palmerston North Campus, New Zealand |
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