Qualitative Studies
Last updated ISSN 1903-7031
Qualitative Studies is published by State Library & Aalborg University in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Qualitative Studies concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research
- Social and Educational Sciences
- Children's Rights and Participation
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Social Representations and Identity
- Innovative Education and Learning Practices
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
Key facts
| Publisher | State Library & Aalborg University |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1903-7031 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 138 |
| Publishing since | 1970 |
| Journal website | ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/qual/index |
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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