The Qualitative Report (ISSN 1052-0147) is a peer-reviewed, on-line monthly journal devoted to writing and discussion of and about qualitative, critical, action, and collaborative inquiry and research. The Qualitative Report, the oldest multidisciplinary qualitative research journal in the world, serves as a forum and sounding board for researchers, scholars, practitioners, and other reflective-minded individuals who are passionate about ideas, methods, and analyses permeating qualitative, action, collaborative, and critical study. These pages are open to a variety of forms: original, scholarly activity such as reports of completed qualitative research, reports about qualitative research, and reviews of recently published books pertaining to qualitative research.
About The Qualitative Report
- The Qualitative Report was the first English-language, open-access, online journal devoted exclusively to qualitative research.
- The journal is ranked among the top ten open-access cultural studies journals indexed in Web of Science.
- Recent impact measures include:
- Clarivate Web of Science: 1.6 (80th percentile)
- Elsevier Scopus CiteScore: 3.6
- SJR Impact Factor: 2.28
- In the past year, the journal recorded more than 900,000 article downloads.
- Authors published in TQR represent 111 countries, reflecting the journal’s global readership and reach.
- TQR is distinguished as the only qualitative research journal published by a Carnegie-classified R1 university.
Current Issue: Volume 30, Number 10 (2025) Volume 30, Number 10 - October, 2025
Articles
Participatory, Project-Based Approach to Migrant Employment Research: Engaging Entrepreneurs Through Social Innovation
Sabina Kubiciel-Lodzińska and Jolanta Maj
A Story within Stories: Using an Analytic Framework to Move from Individual to Collective Storying in the Analysis of Academic Entrepreneurship Narratives
Olga Gusak and Elena Lyutykh
Qualitative Insights into the Complexity of Calling: Moving Beyond Quantitative Boundaries
Jeannel King
Mixed-Methods & AI for Methodological Literature Reviews
António Pedro Costa, Pablo Burneo, and Judita Kasperiuniene
Book Reviews
Sarah Lewis’ Terrific Toolkit: A Positive Psychology Perspective on the Practicality of Appreciative Inquiry Application
Ronald J. Chenail
A Very Positive Review of Positive Autoethnography: An Introduction to Theory and Practice
Ronald J. Chenail
How To Article
Bridging Language Barriers in Data Analysis for Constructivist Grounded Theory Research: A Case Study in Chinese Context
Wenyu Li, Catherine Elliott O’Dare, and Catherine Conlon
