Qualitative Research Journal

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The 590 papers published in Qualitative Research Journal in the last decades have received a total of 12.3k indexed citations. Papers published in Qualitative Research Journal usually cover Sociology and Political Science (310 papers), Education (165 papers) and General Health Professions (68 papers) specifically the topics of Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (122 papers), Participatory Visual Research Methods (101 papers) and Children's Rights and Participation (34 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Qualitative Research Journal are Glenn A. Bowen, Harsh Suri, Theophilus Azungah, Steffen Korsgaard, Mai Skjøtt Linneberg, Chris Cope, Shinya Uekusa, Alma Whiteley, Jillian Clarke and Emma Sherry.

In The Last Decade

Qualitative Research Journal

468 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Peers

Qualitative Research Journal
Comparison fields: 5 of 204
  • Sociology and Political Science 3.6k
  • Education 3.1k
  • General Health Professions 1.6k
  • Political Science and International Relations 934
  • Clinical Psychology 925
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Countries where authors publish in Qualitative Research Journal

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Qualitative Research Journal. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Qualitative Research Journal with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Qualitative Research Journal more than expected).

Fields of papers published in Qualitative Research Journal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers published in Qualitative Research Journal. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Qualitative Research Journal.

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