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 31, Number 8 (2026) Volume 31 Issue 8 August 2026
Articles
Parental Involvement in an Indonesian Islamic Kindergarten: An Instrumental Case Study of Mothers’ Voices
Somariah Fitriani, Yessy Yanita Sari, Irdalisa Irdalisa, and Hamidah Mohamad
Waves of Exhaustion, Currents of Renewal: An Autoethnography of Academic Emotional Burnout and Recovery
Rofiza Aboo Bakar
Truly Blown Away — Humanistic Lens Looking at Glassblowers’ Creative Thinking: A Qualitative Case Study
Yugant Patra
Writing Together, Writing Differently: Collective Authorship as Reflective Practice
Thanh Thao Le and Trut Thuy Pham
A Post-Positivist Perspective on the Varieties of Qualitative Research: The FORIS Framework
Marius Bytautas
Community-Based Research: Key Considerations for Researchers and Community Partners When Collaborating
Bothwell Piason and Kathleen A. Fox
The Lived Spirituality Experiences of Adult Diabetes Patients in Adhering to Treatment
Dwight Mahaputera Marulitua Hutapea
