About the Journal

For a long time, we have observed an increased interest in qualitative sociology, and the use of an interpretive frame to understand human actions, social processes, meanings and definitions, and new social theory generally

In order to enable a free flow of information and to integrate the community of qualitative sociologists, we have decided to create an open-access, international scientific journal.

Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej publishes empirical, theoretical and methodological articles applicable to all fields and specializations within sociology. We also invite authors to publish works containing documentation of Data Papers previously deposited in a selected repository (so-called data articles describing data sets) or classic scientific articles with data documentation as a supplement. Every submitted paper is blind reviewed and quality-controlled by two reviewers. The Editorial Staff and Consulting Editors strive to operate at a high level of scientific quality.

Thematic scope

To enable the free flow of information and the integration of the community of qualitative sociologists, we decided to create a generally accessible, international scientific journal (quarterly). It publishes empirical, theoretical and methodological works, as well as works with data documentation (data articles) on all areas and specialties within sociology. Each article is anonymously reviewed by two reviewers, and the Editorial Team and the Scientific Council supervise the high substantive level of the journal.

Journals scoring by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education: 70 (January 2024)

Our mission

Respecting a tradition in the social sciences of gaining an interpretive understanding (verstehen) of social phenomena, we are continuing to cultivate and develop the use of qualitative research as a tool of sociological inquiry. Cooperation, integration and the development of a scientific community are our core aims. As such, our journal exemplifies the following values:

Individuality
of every scientist, whose work is a way of developing knowledge about the world and improving himself/ herself as a penetrating observer of this world.

Equality and Tolerance
which manifest themselves in a respect for every human being and an interest in every opinion and mode of information, as the best way to discover the truth.

Community
of qualitative researchers who integrate through a common conception of science and through the discovery and explanation of social phenomena.

Science
which takes advantage of pluralism and diversity to accumulate knowledge about society that is available universally and is used to influence the integration and development of various aspects of society.

Humankind
integrating through a qualitative way of understanding social action, where humans are treated as subjects who create and change the social world around them.

 

Publisher: University of Lodz

The basic license for publishing articles in the journal is CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution – Non-Commercial Use – No Derivatives). At the author's request it is possible to publish it under the CC-BY (Attribution) license.

e-ISSN: 1733-8069

Privacy Statement

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.