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Journals that Publish Action Research

This list was compiled using Research Gate and internet searches. Each of the links provide a description of the journal and example submissions. Please free free to add others or email Margaret Riel (mmriel@gmail.com) with information to add.

 

Action Research Journals

• Action Research
  Publisher: Sage Publications
  ISSN: 1476-7503, Impact factor: 0.87

• Asian Education Action Research Journal (AEARJ)Publisher: UPSI Educational Research Laboratory (UERL) at the Sultan Idris Education University (SIEU)
  ISSN: 2289-3180

• Educational Action Research
  Publisher: Taylor and Francis
  ISSN: 1747-5074

• Systemic Practice and Action Research
  Publisher: Springer Verlag
  ISSN: 1573-9295, Impact factor: 0.51

• Journal of Voluntary Action Research
  ISSN: 0094-0607

• International Journal of Action Research*
  ISSN: 1861-9916

• Concepts and Transformation
  Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
  ISSN: 1384-6639

• Education Research for Social Change
  Publisher: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 
  ISSN 2221 4070

• The Canadian Journal of Action Research
  Publisher: Nipissing University

• The Wisdom of Practice: An Online Journal of Action Research
  Publisher: Washington State University, Vancouver

• Action Learning and Action Research Journal
  Publisher: Action Learning, Action Research Association Inc (ALARA Inc)
  ISSN: 1326-964x

 

Practitioner Journals that are open to Action Research

• The European Journal of Counselling Psychology (EJCoP)
  EJCoP thanks to the PsychOpen publishers provides free open access.

• Leadership in Action
  Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
  ISSN: 1093-6092

• i.e.: inquiry in education
  Publisher: Center for Practitioner Research at National Louis University
  ISSN: 2154-6282

• Action Learning Research and Practice
  Publisher: Informa UK Ltd.,
  ISSN: 1476-7333

• Language Teaching Research
  Publisher: Sage Publications
  ISSN: 1362-1688, Impact factor: 0.54

• Reflective Practice
  Publisher: Informa UK Ltd.,
  ISSN: 1470-1103

• International Journal of Leadership in Education
  Publisher: Informa UK Ltd.,
  ISSN: 1360-3124

• Journal of Educational Change
  Publisher: Springer Verlag
  ISSN: 1389-2843

• American Journal of Community Psychology
  Publisher: Springer Verlag
  ISSN: 1573-2770, Impact factor: 1.74

• Teachers and Teaching
  Publisher: Informa UK Ltd.,
  ISSN: 1354-0602, Impact factor: 0.74

• Journal of Critical Thought & Praxis (JCTP)

• Journal of Nursing ScholarshipPublisher: Wiley Online Library
  
  Online ISSN: 1547-5069

• Professional School Counseling
  Publisher: American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
  ISSN 1096-2409 (Print) & 2156-759X (Online)

• The Wisdom of Practice: An Online Journal of Action ResearchPublisher: Washington State University, Vancouver

 

Health Journals that are open to Action Research

• Research initiative, treatment action: RITA
  ISSN: 1520-8745

• Nurse Education in Practice
  Publisher: Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam
  ISSN: 1471-5953

• Health Services Management Research
  Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine, The
  ISSN: 1758-1044
   

 

Evaluation Journals that are open to Action Research

• New Directions for Evaluation
  Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
  ISSN: 1097-6736

• New Directions for Program Evaluation
  Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
  ISSN: 0164-7989

• Progress in community health partnerships: research, education, and action
  ISSN: 1557-0541

• Evaluation
  Publisher: Sage Publications
  ISSN: 1356-3890

• Evaluation Practice
  Publisher: Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam
  ISSN: 0886-1633

• Evaluation News
  Publisher: Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam
  ISSN: 0191-8036

• Evaluation and program planning
  Publisher: Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam
  ISSN: 1873-7870, Impact factor: 0.89

• Evaluation quarterly
  ISSN: 0145-4692

• Evaluation and Program Planning
  Publisher: Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam
  ISSN: 0149-7189, Impact factor: 0.9

• Evaluation & Research in Education
  Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  ISSN: 0950-0790

• Evidence & Policy A Journal of Research Debate and Practice
  Publisher: Policy Press, The
  ISSN: 1744-2656

 

Social Science Journals open to Publishing Action Research

• Journal of Social Service Research
  Publisher: Haworth Press Inc
  ISSN: 0148-8376, Impact factor: 0.44

• Journal of Social Service Research
  ISSN: 1540-7314, Impact factor: 0.44

• Anthropology in Action
  Publisher: Berghahn Books
  ISSN: 0967-201X

• International Journal of Social Research Methodology
  Publisher: Informa UK Ltd.
  ISSN: 1464-5300, Impact factor: 1.07

• International Journal of Management and Social Sciences
  ISSN: 2249-0191

• Journal of Social Issues
  Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Lt
  ISSN: 0022-4537, Impact factor: 1.9