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2 days ago · Qualitative Research is a peer-reviewed international journal that has been leading debates about qualitative methods for over 20 years. The journal provides a forum for the discussion and development of qualitative methods across disciplines, publishing high … | View full journal description.
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For queries relating to the status of your paper pre decision, please contact the Editor or Journal Editorial Office. For queries post acceptance, please contact the Supplier Project Manager. These details can be found in the Editorial Team section.
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Before you submit your manuscript, it’s important you read and follow the guidelines below. You will also find some useful tips in our structure your journal submissionhow-to guide.
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Each submission is checked by the editor. At this stage, they may choose to decline or unsubmit your manuscript if it doesn’t fit the journal aims and scope, or they feel the language/manuscript quality is too low. If they think it might be suitable for the publication, they will send it to at least two independent referees for double anonymous peer review. Once these reviewers have provided their feedback, the editor may decide to accept your manuscript, request minor or major revisions, or...
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Once your paper is accepted, you will have the opportunity to indicate whether you would like to publish your paper via the gold open access route. If you’ve chosen to publish gold open access, this is the point you will be asked to pay the APC (article processing charge). This varies per journal and can be found on our APC price list or on the editorial system at the point of submission. Your article will be published with a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 user licence, which outlines how readers...
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All accepted authors are sent an email with a link to a licence form. This should be checked for accuracy, for example whether contact and affiliation details are up to date and your name is spelled correctly, and then returned to us electronically. If there is a reason why you can’t assign copyright to us, you should discuss this with your journal content editor. You will find their contact details on the editorial team section above.
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Once we have received your completed licence form, the article will pass directly into the production process. We will carry out editorial checks, copyediting, and typesetting and then return proofs to you (if you are the corresponding author) for your review. This is your opportunity to correct any typographical errors, grammatical errors or incorrect author details. We can’t accept requests to rewrite texts at this stage. When the page proofs are finalised, the fully typeset and proofed ver...
Learn how to prepare and submit your article to Qualitative Research Journal, a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research papers and reviews on qualitative methods and approaches. Find out the format, length, structure, keywords, categories, and other requirements for your submission.
May 30, 2023 · Qualitative research has utilised focus groups and interviews to gather information from participants while conducting ethnographic research. This article explores the potential of alternative forms of collecting data that are more in line with the ...
Mar 20, 2024 · Qualitative Research Journal publishes articles on qualitative research methods and findings in various disciplines. Browse the latest articles, calls for papers, and open access options on ScienceDirect.com.
This study aims to describe key elements that are critical to virtual qualitative research especially while working with practitioners as participants. HTML PDF (139 KB)
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Qualitative Research publishes papers with a clear methodological focus. We invite scholarship that has multi-disciplinary appeal, that debates and enlivens qualitative methods, and that pushes at the boundaries of established ways of doing qualitative research.
