Journal of Mixed Methods Research

The Journal of Mixed Methods Research (JMMR) debuted in 2007 as an international and multidisciplinary publication venue that focuses on methodological, theoretical, and empirical articles about mixed methods research across the social, behavioral, health, and human sciences. JMMR is published in English on a quarterly basis and is available both in print and via online access through Sage Publications' Journals Online. This journal publishes two types of articles: methodological-theoretical discussions and original mixed methods research, which are peer reviewed by expert reviewers, including members of JMMR's distinguished editorial board. Each issue also includes an editorial from the founding editors, John W. Creswell and Abbas Tashakkori, as well as book and/or software reviews.

JMMR defines mixed methods research 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. Therefore, this journal is appropriate for research that combines qualitative research with quantitative research, but not for research that combines multiple types of qualitative (or quantitative) research (i.e., multimethod research). Methodological-theoretical articles address topics such as paradigm stance, designs, and analytic techniques which advance understanding of mixed methods research. Original research articles in JMMR must report and explicitly integrate both a qualitative and a quantitative strand. Since the overall goal of this journal is to advance mixed methods research, the original research articles also discuss their contributions to and implications for mixed methods research.

Since the 1970s and 1980s, mixed methods research has emerged as a viable and increasingly popular approach to research as well as a field of inquiry of its own. Despite this interest in mixed methods, most journals tend to publish either quantitative or qualitative research and scholars using mixed methods research often have difficulty getting their studies successfully reviewed and published. Additionally, scholars writing about the methodological aspects of mixed methods research often published their work in diverse disciplinary-based journals, making key writings in the field of mixed methods difficult to locate. Therefore, JMMR was founded to provide a dedicated forum for the growing community of international and multidisciplinary scholars of mixed methods research and aims to be the premiere outlet for scholarly discussions about and applications of mixed methods research.