《定性社會學》雜志致力于對社會生活的定性解釋和分析。該雜志提供理論研究和分析研究，并出版基于研究方法的手稿，如采訪、參與者觀察、人種學、歷史分析、內容分析和其他主要不依賴數字數據的方法。所有的論文都經過審查。

The journal Qualitative Sociology is dedicated to the qualitative interpretation and analysis of social life. The journal offers both theoretical and analytical research, and publishes manuscripts based on research methods such as interviewing, participant observation, ethnography, historical analysis, content analysis and others which do not rely primarily on numerical data. All papers are reviewed.