Journals that Publish Qualitative Research

Sometimes people ask us which journals would publish qualitative research related to families. There are many that do, and we don't have a systematic, all-encompassing list of them. However, we asked this question at the QFRN Business Meeting in 2010, and got several ideas. Here is a list that QFRN members put together. A few caveats about it, however:

  • This list was created through suggestions from QFRN members.
  • We have not checked this list with the editors of the stated journals.
  • Editorial policy and priorities may change over time.
  • Make sure that your manuscript fits the mission of the journal.
  • Of course, to be published, an article needs to be good - regardless of what method it uses.

If you would like to add another journal to this list, let us know!

Affilia (especially articles from a feminist perspective)
American Anthropologist
American Journal of Sociology
American Sociological Review
Australian Geographer
British Journal of Sociology
Children's Geographies
City & Community

Critical Inquiry

Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Sociology

Cultural Studies

Discourse & Society
Environment and Planning A
Environment and Planning D - Society & Space
Ethnography
Families in Society

Family Process

Family Relations

Fathering
(not just for articles about fathers; any men-in-families topic is fine: husbands, brothers, grandfathers, etc.)
Gender & Society
Housing Studies
Human Organization
Journal of Child and Family Studies

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Journal of Family History

Journal of Family Issues

Journal of Family Psychology

Journal of Family Studies
Journal of Leisure Research

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Journal of Marriage and Family
Journal of Material Culture
Journal of Rural Studies
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Journal of Urban Affairs

Leisure Sciences
Marriage and Family Review
Men and Masculinities

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Qualitative Health Research

Qualitative Inquiry

Qualitative Research
Qualitative Social Work

Qualitative Sociology

Roeper Review
Rural Sociology
Sex Roles
SexualitiesSignsSocial & Cultural Geography
Social Problems
Sociologia Ruralis
Sociological Inquiry
Sociological Perspectives
Sociological Quarterly
Sociology
Studies in Symbolic Interaction
Symbolic Interaction
Tourism Management
Urban Studies