Qualitative Research in Psychology is a leading forum for qualitative researchers in all areas of psychology and seeks innovative and pioneering work that moves the field forward. The journal has published state-of-the-art debates on specific research approaches, methods and analytic techniques, such as discourse analysis, interpretative phenomenological analysis, visual analyses and online research, the role of qualitative research in specific fields such as psychosocial studies and feminist psychology, and the teaching of qualitative methods in the undergraduate curriculum and on clinical psychology training programs. The journal has also published informative articles on specific aspects of qualitative research processes such as ethics, transcription, and interviewee recruitment, and helped to promote innovative research techniques such as photovoice, autoethnography, template analysis, and psychogeography. Our audience consists of psychology professionals using qualitative methods of inquiry in research in academic, clinical, or occupational settings. While the majority of readers will have an interest in psychology as a discipline, Qualitative Research in Psychology is strongly interdisciplinary in focus and aims to increase awareness of psychology as a social science that embraces a variety of qualitative approaches.
By representing the full range of qualitative approaches to psychological research, Qualitative Research in Psychology continues to:
stimulate discussion of the relative merits of different qualitative methods in psychology by hosting key debates in the field by leading authors;
provide a showcase for exemplary and innovative qualitative research projects in psychology, with regular special issues highlighting developments in the methodological literature;
maintain high standards for the conduct and reporting of qualitative research with a rigorous review and editorial policy;
strengthen the relationship between psychology and other social and human sciences where qualitative inquiry has a long track record and;
place qualitative psychological inquiry appropriately within the scientific, paradigmatic, and philosophical issues that it raises.
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous double-anonymized review.
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous double-anonymized review.
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Journal metrics
Usage
440K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
4.6 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
9.9 (2023) 5 year IF
20.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
7.808 (2023) SNIP
4.387 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
14 days avg. from submission to first
decision
62 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
14 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
10% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
EDITORS David Giles -University of Winchester, UK Brendan Gough -Leeds Beckett University, UK Antonia Lyons -University of Auckland, NZ
REVIEWS EDITOR Zoe Boden-Stuart -University of Brighton, UK
EDITORIAL BOARD
Gonzalo Bacigalupe - University of Massachusetts, USA Virginia Braun - University of Auckland, NZ Svend Brinkmann - University of Aalborg, Denmark Erica Burman - University of Manchester, UK Kerry Chamberlain - Massey University, New Zealand Ronald Chenail - Nova Southeastern University, USA Scott Churchill - University of Dallas, USA Cesar A. Cisneros Puebla - Autonomous Metropolitan University, Mexico Shona Crabb - University of Adelaide, Australia Bronwyn Davies - University of Melbourne, Australia Kathy Davies - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Carolin Demuth - University of Aalborg, Denmark Adrienne Evans - Coventry University, UK Michelle Fine - City University of New York, USA Linda Finlay - The Open University, UK Hannah Frith - University of Surrey, UK Marco Gemignani - Loyola University, Spain Simon Goodman - Coventry University, UK Karen L. Henwood - Cardiff University, UK Rebecca Lawthom -University of Sheffield, UK Jessica Lester - Indiana University, Bloomington, USA Catriona Macleod -Rhodes University, South Africa Anna Madill - University of Leeds, UK Jeanne Marecek - Swarthmore College, USA Mandy Morgan - Massey University, New Zealand Martin Packer - University of the Andes, Colombia Ian Parker - University of Leicester, UK Elizabeth Peel - Loughborough University, UK Carla Rice - University of Guelph, Canada Damien W. Riggs - Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Sarah C.E. Riley - Massey University, New Zealand Maria Santiago-Delefosse - University of Lausanne, Switzerland Rachel Shaw - Aston University, UK Brett Smith – Durham University, UK Sarah Seymour-Smith - Nottingham Trent University, UK Brent D. Slife - Brigham Young University, USA Jonathan A. Smith - Birkbeck College,University of London, UK Susan Speer - University of Manchester, UK Paul Stenner - The Open University, UK Elizabeth Stokoe - London School of Economics, UK Gareth Terry - Auckland University of Technology, NZ Gareth Treharne - University of Otago, NZ Sue Wilkinson - University of York, UK Carla Willig - City University, London, UK Britta Wigginton - University of Queensland, Australia
Abstracting and indexing
Qualitative Research in Psychology is abstracted/indexed in:
CSA - PsycINFO
EBSCOhost - Academic Search Complete - Current Abstracts - TOC Premier
Qualitative Research in Psychology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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Print ISSN:
1478-0887
Online ISSN:
1478-0895
4 issues per annum
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