Multiple Research Approaches
International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches is an international peer-reviewed journal for timely publication of global research, scholarship, educational, researcher and practitioner perspectives on multiple, hybrid (outcome of unusual blending), synergistic (combined effect), integrated and cultural research approaches (be these Indigenous, institutional, or community based) including the Asian, Arctic, Pacific, Latin American and African regions, as well as European and North American. The journal's primary focus is effectively to combine various theoretical frameworks, methodologies and methods to address current research questions appropriately.
ISSN 1834-0806 3 issues per year
(128 pg average)
International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches covers:
- Multiple, hybrid, synergistic, integrated, cultural, mixed qualitative and quantitative empirical research approaches
- Theoretical and conceptual articles on methodological and ethical dilemmas and advances
- Critical perspectives and proposals for the management of technical issues (eg, software development and data handling)
- Discussion of the philosophical issues, practical problems and benefits associated with multiple, hybrid, synergistic, integrated and cultural approaches including theoretical frameworks, methodologies, data collection, management and analysis methods and the different forms of transformation and representation
- Literature reviews - including those from theses - on methodological trends/advances
- Articles on methodology education, technologies and learning techniques
- Practitioner perspectives, experiences from the field and case applications of methodologies and results
Article formats include, but are not restricted to, traditional academic research articles, research design, case applications, literature reviews, approaches to teaching and learning, software advances and constraints, practitioner perspectives and advice for novice researchers. Original articles informing multiple and mixed methodological research and practice are encouraged from a range of disciplines - including all health sciences, social sciences, anthropology, criminology, Indigenous and cultural studies, business studies, development studies, psychology, education, political science, organisational science, geography and history, the arts - and other related disciplines.
Manuscripts should be submitted according to the journal's Author Guidelines.
International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches publishes one regular issue of feature articles and two topic-based special issues per annum - in 2010:
Teaching Mixed Methodologies (Vol 4/1, March 2010)
Guest Editors: Nancy L Leech (Colorado), Anthony Onwuegbuzie (Texas),
Thomas Hansson (Denmark) and Priscilla Robinson (Australia)
Mixed Methods in Psychology and Law and in Criminological Research (Vol 4/3, December 2010) Editors: Eugenio De Gregorio, University of Rome and Colin Holmes, James Cook University
Special issues are also released as books with their own ISBN for use as course readers or separate sale to non-subscribers. Evaluation copies of all special issues are available to Course Coordinators from the publisher at: subscriptions@e-contentmanagement.com
Please address special issue proposals to the Editor: Professor Carol Grbich.
Please address books and software for review to: Professor Colin A Holmes, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia
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AVAILABILITY
From 2009, International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches is available as an 'online plus print-on-demand' subscription. Institutional subscribers receive access to all current and back issues online through Atypon-link.com for the subscription year. Supplementary print copies may be ordered directly from eContent Management. Multicampus, multiuser licenses and single user password access may be arranged by subscribers through their subscription agent or with the publisher. Online access is available to subscribers through EBSCOhost, SwetsWise, CNPIEC and CELDES.
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