Publication trends for qualitative inquiry in American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science journals.

IF 12.3 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

American Psychologist Pub Date : 2025-04-28 DOI:10.1037/amp0001526

Tamara Stecyk,Dennis C Wendt,Sophie Blackmore

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Abstract

Framed against the long-standing dominance of quantitative methods in psychological science, this study examined contemporary publishing patterns for qualitative inquiry in American Psychological Association (APA) and Association for Psychological Science (APS) journals. We examined 19,012 publications across 95 APA and APS journals across four time points (2005, 2012, 2019, and 2022). The percentage of qualitative articles was determined using the methodology field value within APA PsycInfo, a process that we validated through a batch test. We also conducted a content analysis of journal mission statements and submission guidelines, and we made comparisons in light of journal impact factors. Our findings show a nearly threefold increase in qualitative publications accelerating over time from 2005 to 2022, albeit with wide variations depending on the type of journal. Qualitative-friendly journals were more likely to be published by APA, be specialty journals, be dedicated to diverse populations, and have lower impact factors. Conversely, qualitative research was less likely to be published in APS journals, core psychology journals, journals focused on general populations, and journals with higher impact factors (with some notable exceptions). We discuss these findings in terms of implications for the advancement of psychological science, including the discipline's need for development in qualitative training and expertise, its commitments to antiracism and anticolonialism, its fragmentation, and its equity in publishing. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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美国心理学会和心理科学学会期刊中质性研究的出版趋势。

针对长期以来定量方法在心理科学中的主导地位，本研究考察了美国心理协会（APA）和心理科学协会（APS）期刊上定性研究的当代出版模式。我们在四个时间点（2005年、2012年、2019年和2022年）检查了95种APA和APS期刊上的19012篇论文。定性文章的百分比是使用APA PsycInfo中的方法学字段值确定的，我们通过批量测试验证了这一过程。我们还对期刊使命声明和投稿指南进行了内容分析，并根据期刊影响因子进行了比较。我们的研究结果显示，从2005年到2022年，定性出版物的数量增长了近三倍，尽管根据期刊的类型存在很大差异。质量友好型期刊更有可能由APA出版，是专业期刊，致力于不同人群，影响因子较低。相反，定性研究不太可能发表在APS期刊、核心心理学期刊、关注普通人群的期刊和影响因子较高的期刊上（有一些明显的例外）。我们讨论了这些发现对心理科学进步的影响，包括该学科在定性培训和专业知识方面的发展需求，它对反种族主义和反殖民主义的承诺，它的碎片化，以及出版的公平性。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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American Psychologist PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

18.50

自引率

1.20%

发文量

145

期刊介绍： Established in 1946, American Psychologist® is the flagship peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the American Psychological Association. It publishes high-impact papers of broad interest, including empirical reports, meta-analyses, and scholarly reviews, covering psychological science, practice, education, and policy. Articles often address issues of national and international significance within the field of psychology and its relationship to society. Published in an accessible style, contributions in American Psychologist are designed to be understood by both psychologists and the general public.