International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being (QHW) is a peer-reviewed international open access journal for health-related issues.
QHW provides a forum for the exchange of data, knowledge, theoretical framework and methods on health and well-being. The journal aims to further the development and understanding of qualitative research by using rigorous qualitative methodology of significance for issues related to human health and well-being.
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being publishes empirical research, with a national and/or international focus, as well as articles on:
Qualitative research approaches
Qualitatively-driven mixed-method designs
Qualitative methodological development
Meta-synthesis
Theoretical and philosophical issues related to qualitative research and health and well-being
QHW publishes original research articles, review articles and short communications. The journal operates a double anonymized peer review policy.
65 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
9 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
36% 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.
Editor-in-Chief Henrika Jormfeldt - Halmstad University, Sweden
Co-Editors Lisa PL Low - Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong Ingrid Larsson - Halmstad University, Sweden Selcuk Akpinar - Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, Turkey Ing-Marie Carlsson - Halmstad University, Sweden
Founding Editors Lillemor Hallberg - Sweden Karin Dahlberg - Sweden
Editorial Board Baffour Agyapong-Sebbeh - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Faaiz Alhamdani - Ibn Sina University, Iraq Antoni Barnard - Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, University of South Africa (UNISA) Célia Pereira Caldas - Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil Scott Churchill - University of Dallas, United States Nicolas Dauman - University of Poitiers, France Catherine O. Egbe - South African Medical Research Council, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South Africa Magnus Englander - Department of Social work Faculty of Health and Society Malmö University, Sweden Soly Erlandsson - University West, Sweden Arthur Frank - Betanien University College Bergen, Norway, University of Calgary, Canada Kathleen Galvin - Bournemouth University, United Kingdom Nina Kilkku - School of Health Care and Social Services, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland Nikki Kiyimba - University of Chester, United Kingdom Eva Langeland - Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway Eva-Carin Lindgren - University of Gothenburg, Sweden Laetitia Charmaine Rispel - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Stephen Smith - Burnaby University, Canada Theodore Stickley - University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Hans Thulesius - Lund University, Sweden Kristina Ziegert - Halmstad University, Sweden Wang Yue - Tianjin Medical University, China
Abstracting and indexing
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The bibliographic reference lists in all articles of the International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being are included in the Open Citations Corpus.
Open access
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. 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.
Why choose open access?
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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