Journal of Mixed Methods Research
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For details about developing and including critical elements of publishable manuscripts in the Journal of Mixed Methods Research (JMMR), please read this editorial. Submitting authors are encouraged also to review and include with their submission a checklist of elements found in successful articles.
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Mixed methods research is defined as research in which the investigator collects and analyzes data, integrates the findings, and draws inferences using both qualitative and quantitative approaches or methods in a single study or program of inquiry.
The JMMR is an innovative, quarterly, international publication that focuses on empirical methodological articles, methodological/theoretical articles, research notes and commentaries about mixed methods research across the social, behavioral, health, and human sciences.
Article types published include:
- Original mixed methods research that fits the definition of mixed methods research; explicitly integrates quantitative and qualitative dimensions of the study; makes a novel methodological contribution to mixed methods research; and adds to a substantive area in the scholar’s field of inquiry
- Methodological/theoretical topics that advance knowledge about mixed methods research and integration, such as mixed methods research/evaluation questions, types of designs, sampling and/or measurement procedures, approaches to data analysis, drawing metainferences, theory, validity/research integrity, software applications, paradigm stances, writing approaches, and value and use of mixed methods research
- Prevalence studies that are a type of methodological manuscript which systematically examine the adoption and use of mixed methods research
- Research Notes that are brief articles with a focus on a specific or narrowly framed concept, methodological innovation or application
- Commentaries that provide an alternative interpretation, application, or expansion of ideas raised previously in a JMMR original article and will entail a response from the index author(s)
- Media Reviews that critically evaluate the content, quality, and value of textbooks, software, or other media, such as websites, companion material, and video series
- Special Issues that are a group of articles focused on a specific topic about mixed methods research and are led and managed by one or more guest editors
- Virtual Special Issues that have assembled previously published JMMR articles and editorials are listed online together about a particular theme of relevance to mixed methods research such as the inaugural virtual special issue on paradigms.
The Journal of Mixed Methods Research's scope includes
- Exploring terminology and nomenclature used in mixed methods research
- Providing a forum for discussion of parameters effecting mixed methods research
- Creating and interpreting paradigmatic and philosophical foundations for mixed methods research
- Illuminating theory, design, procedural, and analysis issues
- Determining the logistics of conducting mixed methods research
- Investigating approaches for integration in multiple dimensions of mixed methods research
EDITORIAL BOARD
The editorial board consists of distinguished international researchers in the social, behavioral, health, and human sciences with expertise in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research. Editorial board members' names and affiliations are found under the Editorial Board link.
The JMMR is a premiere outlet for ground-breaking and seminal work in the field of mixed methods research, as well as a primary forum for the growing community of international and multidisciplinary scholars of mixed methods research.
The Journal of Mixed Methods Research (JMMR) serves as a premiere outlet for ground-breaking and seminal work in the field of mixed methods research. Of primary importance is building an international and multidisciplinary community of mixed methods researchers. The journal's scope includes developing and exploring the dimensions of integration in mixed methods research, generating a global terminology and nomenclature for mixed methods research, delineating where mixed methods research may be used most effectively, creating the paradigmatic and philosophical foundations for mixed methods research, illuminating design and procedure issues, and determining the logistics of conducting mixed methods research. The journal features articles from a wide variety of international perspectives, including academics and practitioners from psychology, sociology, education, evaluation, health sciences, geography, communication, management, family studies, marketing, social work, and other related disciplines across the social, behavioral, health, arts and human sciences.
Submission types:
- Original mixed methods research manuscripts in the social, behavioral, health, arts and human sciences that:
- identify and support with a substantive literature review a unique contribution to mixed methods research;
- fit the definition of mixed methods research by collecting and analyzing data, integrating the findings, and drawing inferences using both qualitative and quantitative approaches or methods;
- provide a design figure of the mixed methods procedures;
- explicitly integrate the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the study;
- delineate how the study makes a contribution to a substantive area in the scholar’s field of inquiry; and
- discuss explicitly how the research makes a novel contribution to literature on mixed methods research.
Original research manuscripts that do not articulate a specific methodological purpose, or fail to show integration and discuss a novel contribution to the mixed methods literature will be returned to the author(s).
- Methodological / theoretical research manuscripts that advance knowledge about mixed methods research, such as:
- Types of research/evaluation questions
- Types of designs
- Sampling and/or measurement procedures
- Approaches to data analysis and drawing metainferences
- Validity and research integrity
- Software applications
- Paradigm stance
- Writing approaches
- The value and use of mixed methods research
- Theoretical lenses
- Cultural issues
- Ethical issues
- Quality in mixed methods research
- Prevalence studies (see below)
Methodological/theoretical manuscripts that do not articulate a specific methodological purpose, or fail to review relevant literature and discuss a novel contribution to the mixed methods literature will be returned to the author(s).
- Mixed methods research prevalence manuscripts that are a type of methodological manuscript which systematically examines the adoption and use of mixed methods research and:
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specify a methodological aim and define how the chosen disciplinary focus addresses that aim;
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conduct a rigorous literature review to identify the MMR literature relevant to the MMR prevalence study
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present findings in a format that illustrates the methodological issues;
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interpret the value of the prevalence study in the field of the authors and reflect about how it advances understanding about MMR methodology.
- Research notes manuscripts developed with a focus on a specific concept of methodological innovation relevant to mixed methods research that:
- follow the structure of an original mixed methods research or methodological/theoretical paper;
- articulate a methodological gap, need or challenge faced in using mixed methods research;
- review succinctly literature relevant to the methodological gap, need or challenge;
- provide a brief review of the substantive topic content sufficiently to illustrate the methodological context; and
- illustrate the innovation through examples and rhetoric.
Research notes manuscripts that do not articulate a specific methodological purpose, or fail to review relevant literature and discuss a novel contribution to the mixed methods literature will be returned to the author(s).
- Commentaries authored in response to recently published articles in the JMMR that provide an alternative interpretation, application, or expansion of ideas raised previously in an original article
- Media reviews that critically evaluate the content, quality, and value of textbooks, software, or other media, such as websites, companion material, and video series that are of interest to mixed methods researchers
- Special issues that comprise a group of articles focused on a specific topic about mixed methods research that are typically led and managed by one or more guest editors in consultation with the editors
- Virtual Special Issues that are a group of related and previously published JMMR articles and editorials that have been assembled and listed online together about a particular theme of relevance to mixed methods research, e.g., the inaugural virtual special issue on paradigms.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
| Sergi Fàbregues | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain |
| Timothy C. Guetterman | University of Michigan, USA |
| Mandy M. Archibald | University of Manitoba, Canada |
| Nataliya V. Ivankova | The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA |
| Tyler G. James | University of Michigan, USA |
| Vicki L. Plano Clark | University of Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| Cheryl Poth | University of Alberta, Canada |
| Judith Schoonenboom | University of Vienna, Austria |
| Peggy Shannon-Baker | Georgia Southern University, USA |
| Huso Yi | National Univeristy of Singapore, Singapore |
| Ahtisham Younas | Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada |
| Satoko Motohara | University of Michigan, MI, USA |
| Analay Perez | University of Michigan, USA |
| Patricia Bazeley | Western Sydney University, Australia |
| Gert Biesta | The University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Roslyn Cameron | Torrens University, Australia |
| Kathleen M. T. Collins | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, AR, USA |
| Catherine Corr | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Leslie A. Curry | Yale University, CT, USA |
| Melisssa DeJonckeree | University of Michigan, USA |
| Taichi Hatta | Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health, Japan |
| Tashane Haynes-Brown | The University of the West Indies, Jamaica |
| John Hitchcock | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Quan Nha Hong | Université de Montréal, Canada |
| Hisako Kakai | Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan |
| Tomoko Kamei | St. Luke's International University, Japan |
| Olatz López-Fernández | UNED, Spain |
| Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie | |
| Joseph A. Maxwell | George Mason University, VA |
| Arden M. Morris | Stanford University, USA |
| Sarah Munce | Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Bloorview Research Institute; and University of Toronto, Canada |
| Katrin Niglas | Tallinn University, Estonia |
| Bephyer Parey | The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Rogério M. Pinto | University of Michigan, MI, USA |
| Susan E. Ramlo | The University of Akron, USA |
| Susanne Vogl | University of Stuttgart, Germany |
| Michael Woolcock | University of Manchester, UK |
| Yuchun Zhou | Ohio University, OH, USA |
| John W. Creswell | Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan |
| Abbas Tashakkori | University of North Texas, USA |
| Manfred Max Bergman | University of Basel, Switzerland |
| Michael D. Fetters | Mixed Methods Program & Family Medicine, University of Michigan, USA |
| Dawn Freshwater | Vice-Chancellor, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Linda S. Mabry | Washington State University, WA |
| Donna Mertens | Gallaudet University, USA |
| José F. Molina-Azorin | Department of Management, University of Alicante, Spain |
The Journal of Mixed Methods Research's (JMMR) scope includes exploring global terminology and nomenclature for mixed methods research, delineating where mixed methods research may be used most effectively, creating the paradigmatic and philosophical foundations for mixed methods research, illuminating design and procedure issues, and determining the logistics of conducting mixed methods research. JMMR uses a double-blind review process and manuscripts are generally reviewed by three scholars, at least one of which serves on the JMMR editorial board. The journal aims to have each manuscript go through its initial review within 4 months of receipt.
SUBMITTING THE MANUSCRIPT
Electronic Submissions
JMMR uses an online submission and review platform. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmmr. Authors will be required to set up an online account on the SageTrack system powered by ScholarOne. From their account, a new submission can be initiated. Authors will be asked to provide the required information (author names and contact information, abstract, keywords, etc.) and to upload the "title page" and "main document" separately to ensure that the manuscript is ready for a blind review. The site contains links to an online user's guide (Get Help Now) for help navigating the site.
If you have any questions about the submission process please contact:
Satoko Motohara
Managing Editor
Email: jmmr-managingeditor@umich.edu
Authors who need to publish their articles via open access due to institutional or funding agency requirements are welcome to submit to JMMR. The journal participates in SAGE Choice, SAGE’s open access option for authors. For more about SAGE Choice, please click here http://www.sagepub.com/sagechoice/faq.sp
SUBMITTING MEDIA REVIEWS
Guidelines for preparing and submitting Media Reviews are available from the Editors.
MANUSCRIPT EXPECTATIONS
JMMR publishes two types of manuscripts: empirical research and methodological/theoretical discussions.
For details about developing publishable mixed methods articles, please read this editorial:
ResearchManuscripts that report empirical mixed methods research in the social, behavioral, health, and human sciences. These manuscripts must:
- fit the definition of mixed methods research by collecting and analyzing data, integrating the findings, and drawing inferences using both qualitative and quantitative approaches or methods;
- explicitly integrate the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the study; and
- discuss how they add to the literature on mixed methods research in addition to making a contribution to a substantive area in the scholar’s field of inquiry.
Original research manuscripts that do not show integration or discuss how they add to the mixed methods literature will be returned to the author(s).
Manuscripts that discuss methodological/theoretical issues that advance knowledge about mixed methods research.
These manuscripts must:
- Address an important mixed methods topic;
- Adequately incorporate existing literature; and
- Contribute to our understanding of mixed methods research.
MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS
Title Page: Prepare a title page that includes the manuscript title, authors and affiliations, contact information for the corresponding author, and author acknowledgements, if relevant. The author names should only appear in the title page document. Manuscripts should be prepared with author names blinded throughout to facilitate the review process.
Style: All manuscripts should conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th Edition). The entire document should be double spaced and left justified, use a 12-point font, and have pages numbered consecutively. Authors should prepare an abstract and 3-5 key words. The manuscript should be prepared in MS Word (.doc) or rich text format (.rtf) and include: the text, references, endnotes, appendix(ces), tables, and figures. References, endnotes, tables, and figures must be on separate pages. Figures may also be placed into separate files. Indicate the approximate placement of each table and figure within the text with a comment such as "Insert Figure 1 about here." Please use endnotes instead of footnotes. Authors should use U.S. spellings and all references to authors within the manuscript should be blinded (such as by replacing author names in citations with XXXXXX).
Word Limits: The full manuscript (including references, appendices, and tables) should not exceed 10,000 words in length for empirical studies and 8,000 words for methodological/theoretical discussions. In addition, authors should prepare an abstract limited to 120 words. Manuscripts that substantially exceed the stated word limitations will be returned to the author(s).
Originality of the Manuscript: Authors submitting manuscripts to JMMR should not simultaneously submit them to another journal, nor should manuscripts have been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content. Authors who have submitted manuscripts to other journals based on the same data are asked to state this in their cover letter and to submit copies of these other papers/publications for review by the Editors at the time of submitting a manuscript to JMMR. Authors in doubt about what constitutes prior publication should consult the Editors.
Obtaining Permissions: Obtaining permission for any quoted or reprinted material that requires permission is the responsibility of the author.
Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in JMMR.
REVIEW CRITERIA
The review criteria for empirical research include:
- Noteworthiness of the problem
- Theoretical framework
- Fit of questions to mixed methods design
- Mixed methods design
- Mixed methods sampling
- Mixed methods analysis and integration
- Insightfulness of discussion
- Writing quality
- Quality of conclusions
- Contribution to mixed methods literature
- Interest to JMMR readership
The review criteria for methodological/theoretical discussions include:
- Addresses an important topic
- Adequacy of the literature
- Soundness of the argument
- Originality of the suggestions
- Writing quality
- Contribution to mixed methods literature
- Interest to JMMR readership
Obtaining English-Language help for your Submission:
Authors who would like to refine the use of English in their manuscripts might consider using the services of a professional English-language editing company. We highlight some of these companies at http://www.sagepub.com/journalgateway/engLang.htm.
Please be aware that SAGE has no affiliation with these companies and makes no endorsement of them. An author's use of these services in no way guarantees that his or her submission will ultimately be accepted. Any arrangement an author enters into will be exclusively between the author and the particular company, and any costs incurred are the sole responsibility of the author.