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Where does good quality qualitative health care research get published?

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Abstract

This short report aims to give some insight into current publication patterns for high quality qualitative health research, using the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 database. We explored patterns of publication by range and type of journal, by date and by methodological focus. We also looked at variations between the publications submitted to different Units of Assessment (UoAs), focusing particularly on the one most closely aligned with our own research area of Primary Care. Our brief analysis demonstrates that general medical/health journals with high impact factors are the dominant routes of publication, but there is variation according to the methodological approach adopted by articles. The number of qualitative health articles submitted to REF 2014 overall was small, and even more so for articles based on mixed methods research, qualitative methodology, or reviews/syntheses that included qualitative articles. Keywords: qualitative research; Research Excellence Framework (REF); publishing

Acceptance Date Apr 2, 2017
Publication Date May 8, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Primary Health Care Research and Development
Print ISSN 1463-4236
Publisher Cambridge University Press
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s1463423617000251
Keywords publishing, qualitative research, Research Excellence Framework (REF)
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1463423617000251

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