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Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung

Institut fur Klinische Sychologie and Gemeindesychologie · Germany · Est. 2000

ISSN1438-5627

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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SJR Scorei

0.545

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.798

Total Worksi

219

Total Citationsi

1,727

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung is a peer-reviewed online academic journal covering the theory, methodology, and application of qualitative research. It is interested in empirical studies conducted using qualitative methods.

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General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageSpanish, German, English

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 4 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications219

Publisher OrgFreie Universität Berlin

OA Since1999

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institut fur Klinische Sychologie and Gemeindesychologie

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1438-5627

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Spanish, German, English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sociology and Education StudiesLinguistic research and analysisLinguistic Education and PedagogyInnovation, Technology, and SocietyEducation Methods and TechnologiesEuropean history and politicsPublic Administration and Political AnalysisGerman legal, social, and political studiesCorporate Finance and GovernanceFocus Groups and Qualitative Methods

Frequently asked questions about Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung

Is Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung?

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.545.

Is Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.