Publishing Mixed Methods Research

Presenter: Dr. Elizabeth G. Creamer, 2018-2019 MMIRA President

Original broadcast: Friday, May 15, 2020 11 AM EDT, 9 AM MDT

This webinar challenges the idea that it is difficult to publish mixed methods research. It provides a practical list of strategies to identify journals that are receptive to mixed methods. It also offers writing tips about crafting a manuscript that is transparent about its approach, attuned to a cross-disciplinary audience, and alert to the difference between submitting to a content- and methodologically oriented audience.

The webinar will be interactive: you will be able to ask questions via the chat that will be read by our IIQM host at the mid-way point and after the presentation. Any questions outstanding will be addressed by PDF that will posted on the IIQM archive site along with video of the webinar and slides.

Objectives:

1. Provide examples of statements in the aims of a journal that signal receptivity to mixed methods research.
2. Identify ways to be transparent about mixed methods within the word limits of most journals.
3. List journals that routinely publish mixed methods research.
4. Pursue the differences between writing approaches for methodological- and content -oriented journals.
5. Describe how to build a claim for the originality or innovativeness of research.
6. Recommend strategies for writing that are sensitive to a cross-disciplinary audience.