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Journal of Critical Realism is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Critical Realism in Sociology, Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice, Economic Theory and Institutions.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Critical Realism 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inCritical Realism in Sociology Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice Economic Theory and Institutions Political Economy and Marxism Social and Cultural Dynamics
ISSN1476-7430
Citation impact (2-yr)1.1
h-index43
i10-index184
Total citations8,030
Top institutions publishing hereLeeds Beckett University
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Journal of Critical Realism per year

31
2014
32
2015
56
2016
37
2017
44
2018
41
2019
38
2020
41
2021
33
2022
38
2023
28
2024
38
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Critical Realism by publication year

306
2014
241
2015
504
2016
348
2017
707
2018
454
2019
774
2020
735
2021
473
2022
263
2023
64
2024
22
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Critical Realism

A realist approach to thematic analysis: making sense of qualitative data through experiential, inferential and dispositional themes

Gareth Wiltshire, Noora J. Ronkainen · 15 Mar 2021

Thematic analysis (TA) is the most widely used method for analysing qualitative data. Recent debates, highlighting the binary distinctions between reflexive TA grounded within the qualitative paradigm and codebook TA with neo-positivist orientations, have emphasized the existence of numerous tensions that researchers must navigate to produce coherent and rigorous research. This article attempts to resolve…

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Retroductive theorizing in Pawson and Tilley's applied scientific realism

Justin Jagosh · 24 Feb 2020

The naturally occurring complexity of the social and natural worlds, along with rising challenges in the social, health and environmental domains, makes retroduction a compelling mode of inference in scientific research. As an antidote to ignorance, retroduction is key to understanding why the world is the way it is and to deriving solutions to complex…

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A critical realist approach to thematic analysis: producing causal explanations

T. Bruce Fryer · 1 Jun 2022

Thematic analysis (TA) is one of the most popular methods in social science. There are several different approaches to TA that hold different ontological commitments, ranging from positivistic coding reliability TA to constructivist reflexive TA. However, there has been less focus on developing an approach that is informed by critical realism, with the notable exception…

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What reference style does Journal of Critical Realism use?
Journal of Critical Realism uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Critical Realism 12 (3): 45–58.
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