Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Journal of Mixed Methods Research
ISSN 1558-6898 · eISSN 1558-6901 · SAGE
Journal of Mixed Methods Research: CAS Zone 1 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 3.76; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; review about 404 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 12.4% (journal website); 33 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Mixed Methods Research is published by SAGE and is in Zone 1 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health Policy Implementation Science, Evaluation and Performance Assessment and Community Health and Development, together about 53.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Mixed Methods Research (JMMR) is an innovative, quarterly, interdisciplinary, international publication that focuses on empirical methodological articles methodological/theoretical articles, and commentaries about mixed methods research across the social, behavioral, health, and human sciences. The scope includes delineating … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Sergi FàbreguesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 21, Canada 5, Japan 3, Spain 3, United Kingdom 2 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions22.8%
- Evaluation and Performance AssessmentDecision Sciences19.6%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions11.1%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences7.5%
- Qualitative Research Methods and ApplicationsSocial Sciences6.1%
- Qualitative Comparative Analysis ResearchSocial Sciences4.7%
- Qualitative Research Methods and EthicsSocial Sciences4.4%
- Focus Groups and Qualitative MethodsSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.76LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 6.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 4.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 96OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 405OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 23.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.73%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 641 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 15 | 14 |
| 2025 | 33 | 10 | 41 |
| 2024 | 44 | 22 | 363 |
| 2023 | 28 | 15 | 217 |
| 2022 | 39 | 15 | 1,483 |
| 2021 | 39 | 11 | 875 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 12.4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 404 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- commentary2018 editorial. The maximum length for commentaries is 1,500 words, including tables, figures, and references. Media Reviews tmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- research articleThe Journal of Mixed Methods Research (JMMR) is a methodological journal focused on mixed methods, and the main characteristic of papers published in this journ…Length not stated
- reviewThe Journal of Mixed Methods Research (JMMR) is a methodological journal focused on mixed methods, and the main characteristic of papers published in this journ…main text ≤ 1,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools. Please read the reporting requirements for the use of AI tools in manuscripts submitted to JMMR,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, fees will be determined during production. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can pu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor and Associate Editors Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1558-6898
- Electronic ISSN
- 1558-6901
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Mixed Methods Research
What CAS zone is Journal of Mixed Methods Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Mixed Methods Research is in Zone 1 of Sociology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Mixed Methods Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.76; CiteScore 13.8, h-index 96.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Mixed Methods Research?
The publisher reports about 404 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12.4%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Mixed Methods Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Mixed Methods Research based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (21), Canada (5) and Japan (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Mixed Methods Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Mixed Methods Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Mixed Methods Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Mixed Methods Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .