Volume 4, No. 3, Art. 17 – September 2003

The FQS-Issue "Doing Biographical Research." Four Years of Publishing FQS as an Example for Social Science Open Access Journals

Katja Mruck (Germany)

Abstract: In FQS 4(3)—"Doing Biographical Research"—social scientists discuss from different disciplinary and national stances the interview with Hülya, a Turkish migrant living and working in Germany. In addition to contributions linked directly to the issue topic, eight single contributions, nine review essays and review notes and two conference reports are published, coming from researchers from eight nations and seven academic disciplines. Approximately 450 articles have been published since the first FQS issue was accessible on-line in January 2000.

In addition to the contributions to the new issue "Doing Biographical Research," the current state of FQS is briefly reviewed. FQS is also discussed as an example for social science open access journals, being part of the open access initiatives which aim to make scientific information accessible worldwide free of cost.

Key words: qualitative research, biographical research, FQS, online journal, online publishing, open access, social sciences

This contribution is only available as a full text in the German language. German text

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