''Qualitative Inquiry'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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that covers methodological issues raised by qualitative research in the
social sciences
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. The journal's
editors-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
are Yvonna Lincoln (
Texas A&M University
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) and Norman K. Denzin (
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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). It was established in 1995 and is currently published by
SAGE Publications
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It publishes more than 1,000 journals, more than 800 bo ...
.
Abstracting and indexing
''Qualitative Inquiry'' is abstracted and indexed in
Scopus and the
Social Sciences Citation Index
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. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', its 2017
impact factor
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is 1.207, ranking it 44 out of 98 journals in the category "Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary".
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English-language journals
Publications established in 1995
SAGE Publishing academic journals
Qualitative research journals
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