Forum Qualitative Social Research

The Forum: Qualitative Social Research (German: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung) is a triannual peer-reviewed online academic journal covering the theory, methodology, and application of qualitative research.^[1] The editor-in-chief has been Katja Mruck (Free University of Berlin) since the journal's conception.^[2] Articles published are in English, German, or Spanish. The journal also incorporates Internet-specific forms of publication such as video and sound recordings.

Forum Qualitative Social Research

Discipline	Qualitative research
Language	English, German, Spanish
Edited by	Katja Mruck
Publication details
History	1999-present
Publisher	Institute for Qualitative Research and Center for Digital Systems (Free University of Berlin) (Germany)
Frequency	Triannually
Open access	Yes
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Forum Qual. Soc. Res.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN	1438-5627
OCLC no.	51038029
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

Indexing and abstracting

The journal is abstract and indexed by Intute, SocioSite, CSA Sociological Abstracts, CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Psyndex, Solis, and SocINDEX.^[3]

History

The journal was established in 1999. It has since been developed into an information, communication, and networking portal. The project was initially funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.^[3]