Qualitative Research Journal Cover Image for Volume 26, Issue 2
Current Issue
Volume 26,
Issue 2,
30 March 2026
View This Issue

About the Journal

Qualitative Research Journal is an international journal dedicated to communicating the theory and practice of qualitative research in the human sciences. Interdisciplinary and eclectic, Qualitative Research Journal covers all methodologies that can be described as qualitative.

Submit to this journal About this journal
“I feel like a motivated creative designer”: Chinese EFL Teacher's identity construction against the background of the “double reduction” policy
“I know what I want, but the system wants something else”: a narrative inquiry into L2 investment and imagined identities
No calm before the storm: insights on editorial discrimination against Global South scholars
Corrigendum: Walking towards a sustainable pace for productivity: one academic's experience
In relation, not replacement: a reflexive case for generative AI in qualitative research

Open access articles

April 07 2026
Using place-based narrative methods to highlight teachers' achievements of agency in their work
Benjamin Zonca, Josh Ambrosy
April 06 2026
More than a source of data: rethinking participation in qualitative research
Lusanda Sekaja, Tshenolo G. Kgosiemang
April 06 2026
Scared straight: LGBTQIA+ trauma as worldmaking and breaking
Mark Aldous Vicars, James Milenkovic
April 06 2026
Intersectionality in participatory methodologies: systematic review and evaluation framework
Roberte Piqueras-Leza, Aurea Marcial Manzola et al.
March 24 2026
At the crossroads: choosing radical action in post-COVID higher education
Marlene McCormack, Aishling Silke et al.

Indexing and metrics

Latest issue updates

Journal information

Editor(s):
Dr Mark Vicars

View full editorial team

Email alerts

Latest published articles

Closed issue alerts

Earlycite alerts