Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management

Aims & Scope

Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management is an international journal committed to encouraging and publishing critical qualitative work from researchers and practitioners within the management and organizational field throughout the world.

The journal seeks to provide a forum for qualitative researchers through which they can share their work with others and, in particular, discuss issues of research practice pertinent to qualitative approaches.

We are looking for articles that don’t just arrive at useful findings based on qualitative methods but which: -provide an “in-depth” study of the processes involved (e.g., what activities/ interrelationships can be identified in arriving at a particular conclusion?) -discuss/reflect on issues of research practice (i.e., what we can learn from applying selected qualitative methods); -are critical (i.e., broadly concerned with understanding the impact of managing and organizing on human experience and life chances); -are focussed on subjective experience (i.e., provides in-depth understanding of what people feel about the processes involved); -are context oriented (e.g., provides understanding of the context in which the study is conducted and the potential influence on the people under study); -provides an in-depth account of key aspects of the (qualitative) research applied and the challenges involved (e.g., what methods were used, how/why were they used, and what lessons are to be learned from adopting a particular research strategy)

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	0.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.675

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	35

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8474

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	320

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Using triangulation to validate themes in qualitative studies

  Citation: 299

  Authors: Karsten, Karen A.

• Making sense of sensemaking: the critical sensemaking approach

  Citation: 265

  Authors: Jean, Amy, Albert J.

• The telephone medium and semi‐structured interviews: a complementary fit

  Citation: 236

  Authors: Moira, Lynne

• A systematic qualitative case study: questions, data collection, NVivo analysis and saturation

  Citation: 188

  Authors: Md. Kausar

• Of methods and methodology

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Alan

• Organizing: how to study it and how to write about it

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Barbara

• The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers (3rd edition)

  Citation: 124

  Authors: David

• Ethnography then and now

  Citation: 113

  Authors: John

• Evaluating inductive vs deductive research in management studies

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Jaana, Urs

• Reflexivity: recursion and relationality in organizational research processes

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Paul, Christine, Robert

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