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New Trends in Qualitative Research

Ludomedia EN · Portugal · Est. 2020

ISSN2184-7770

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-11-20). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.164

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.175

Total Worksi

931

Total Citationsi

1,230

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

New Trends in Qualitative Research (NTQR) is an international scientific journal with open access and continuous publication, dedicated to critical reflection, development, and innovation in qualitative research methodologies. The journal's mission is to promote scientific rigour, methodological creativity, and epistemological debate in the process of designing, producing, analysing, and interpreting qualitative data in all areas of knowledge.

General Information

Country / RegionPortugal

Primary LanguageEnglish, Portuguese, Spanish

1st Year Published2020

FrequencyContinuous

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications931

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ludomedia EN

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2184-7770

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English, Portuguese, Spanish

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.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

208

392

2020

223

511

2021

213

289

2022

123

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

MultidisciplinaryQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealthcare during COVID-19 PandemicHealth Education and ValidationBusiness and Management StudiesScience and Education ResearchEducation and Public PolicyEducation and Digital TechnologiesEducation during COVID-19 pandemicEducation Pedagogy and PracticesAcademic Research in Diverse Fields

Frequently asked questions about New Trends in Qualitative Research

Is New Trends in Qualitative Research a predatory journal?

New Trends in Qualitative Research was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-11-20). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of New Trends in Qualitative Research?

New Trends in Qualitative Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.164.

Is New Trends in Qualitative Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

New Trends in Qualitative Research is indexed in Scopus.