• Qualitative Data Analysis
• Qualitative Approaches
• Qualitative Research Synthesis
• Methodological Research Synthesis

Consultation regarding qualitative methods, data collection and data analysis in relation to MAXQDA and in general.

I am an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and a research methodologist at Islamic Azad University, Fereshtegaan International Branch. I have been working on different research-based software programs and working with MAXQDA since 2019. I publish several qualitative research studies and systematic reviews as well as research syntheses about qualitative research.

Ghanbar, H.,  Cinaglia, C., Randez., R. A., & De Costa, P. I., (in press). A methodological synthesis of narrative inquiry research in applied linguistics: What’s the story?". International Journal of Applied Linguistics.

Ghanbar, H., & Rezvani, R. (in press). Four decades of publications in the English for Specific Purposes: Mapping the trajectory of empirical research. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics.

Rezvani, R., Ghanbar, H., & PourhematKhanshir, Y. (2024). Deaf and hard‐of‐hearing EFL learners' perception of learning English: A narrative inquiry. British Journal of Special Education.

Riazi, A. M., Ghanbar, H., & Rezvani, R. (2023). Qualitative data coding and analysis: A systematic review of the papers published in the Journal of Second Language Writing. Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 11(1), 25-47.

Riazi, A. M., Rezvani, R., & Ghanbar, H. (2023). Trustworthiness in L2 writing research: A review and analysis of qualitative articles in the Journal of Second Language Writing. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2(3), 100065.

Ghanbar, H., & Rezvani, R. (2024). A Methodological Synthesis of Research Articles in the English for Specific Purposes’s Lifespan. Language Related Research, 15(1), 119-143.

Ghanbar, H., & Riazi, A. M. (2024). A Bibliometric Analysis of Mixed Methods Research (MMR) in Applied Linguistics (AL). In A Scientometrics Research Perspective in Applied Linguistics (pp. 135-161). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Morea, N., & Ghanbar, H. (2024). Q methodology in applied linguistics: A systematic research synthesis. System, 120, 103194.