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Evolving guidelines for publication of qualitative research studies in psychology and related fields
Abstract
We present a set of evolving guidelines for reviewing qualitative research, to serve four functions: to contribute to the process of legitimizing qualitative research; to ensure more appropriate and valid scientific reviews of qualitative manuscripts, theses, and dissertations; to encourage better quality control in qualitative research through better self‐ and other‐monitoring; and to encourage further developments in approach and method. Building on a review of existing principles of good practice in qualitative research, we used an iterative process of revision and feedback from colleagues who engage in qualitative research, resulting in a set of seven guidelines common to both qualitative and quantitative research and seven guidelines especially pertinent to qualitative investigations in psychology and related social sciences. The Evolving Guidelines are subject to continuing revision and should not be used in a rigid manner, in order to avoid stifling creativity in this rapidly evolving, rich research tradition.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Elliott, R., Fischer, C. T., & Rennie, D. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Toledo (US)
- Duquesne University (US)
- York University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Elliott, Robert
- ORCID
- Elliott, Robert
- Venue
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1999-09
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 215-229
- ISSN
- 0144-6657 (ISSN-L)
- 2044-8260
- OpenAlex
- W2005715120
- Semantic Scholar
- 10914ffaa769d726e7951ebcad885bc5d8c3abee
- Cited by
- 2,491
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 50 · 2025: 72 · 2024: 84 · 2023: 95 · 2022: 81 · 2021: 108 · 2020: 120 · 2019: 116 · 2018: 126 · 2017: 127 · 2016: 141 · 2015: 157 · 2014: 158 · 2013: 186 · 2012: 143
- FWCI
- 117.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Society for Psychotherapy Research
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- qualitative research, research guidelines, peer review, research quality control, self-monitoring, good practice principles, psychology research, social science research
- MeSH terms
- Psychology, Publications, Quality Control, Research Design, Guidelines as Topic, Peer Review, Research
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