Narrative Inquiry
Last updated ISSN 1387-6740
Narrative Inquiry is published by John Benjamins Publishing Company in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Narrative Inquiry concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Narrative Theory and Analysis
- Digital Storytelling and Education
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
Key facts
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1387-6740, 1569-9935 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Arts & Humanities Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 757 |
| Publishing since | 1998 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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