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Top Articles
| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2005 | 17,843 |
| 2 | Sampling Knowledge: The Hermeneutics of Snowball Sampling in Qualitative Research | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2008 | 1,628 |
| 3 | Snowball sampling: using social networks to research non‐heterosexual women | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2005 | 639 |
| 4 | Using and analysing focus groups: Limitations and possibilities | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2000 | 636 |
| 5 | Applying critical realism in qualitative research: methodology meets method | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2017 | 569 |
| 6 | The online survey as a qualitative research tool | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2021 | 529 |
| 7 | On Becoming a Pragmatic Researcher: The Importance of Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methodologies | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2005 | 512 |
| 8 | Focus group methodology: a review | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 1998 | 496 |
| 9 | New materialist social inquiry: designs, methods and the research-assemblage | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2015 | 381 |
| 10 | Supporting thinking on sample sizes for thematic analyses: a quantitative tool | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2015 | 370 |
| 11 | Mixing Methods: The Entry of Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches into the Research Process | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2005 | 344 |
| 12 | 'I wanna tell you a story': Exploring the application of vignettes in qualitative research with children and young people | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2000 | 323 |
| 13 | Can sample size in qualitative research be determined a priori? | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2018 | 302 |
| 14 | Comparing focus groups and individual interviews: findings from a randomized study | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2017 | 282 |
| 15 | (Mis)conceptualising themes, thematic analysis, and other problems with Fugard and Potts’ (2015) sample-size tool for thematic analysis | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2016 | 266 |
| 16 | Hindsight, foresight and insight: The challenges of longitudinal qualitative research | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2003 | 254 |
| 17 | Using QSR‐NVivo to facilitate the development of a grounded theory project: an account of a worked example | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2010 | 242 |
| 18 | Against the ethicists: on the evils of ethical regulation | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2009 | 241 |
| 19 | Methodological Issues in Combining Diverse Study Types in Systematic Reviews | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2005 | 233 |
| 20 | Towards more systematicTwitteranalysis: metrics for tweeting activities | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2013 | 231 |
| 21 | Using vignettes in awareness and attitudinal research | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2000 | 227 |
| 22 | Working with emotion: Issues for the researcher in fieldwork and teamwork | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2001 | 217 |
| 23 | The place of the literature review in grounded theory research | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2011 | 209 |
| 24 | Digging for Nuggets: How ‘Bad’ Research Can Yield ‘Good’ Evidence | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2006 | 198 |
| 25 | Inviting intimacy: The interview as therapeutic opportunity | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2000 | 195 |
| 26 | On the Applicability of the Most Similar Systems Design and the Most Different Systems Design in Comparative Research | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2008 | 191 |
| 27 | Measuring social capital: Orthodoxies and continuing controversies | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2003 | 183 |
| 28 | Quality Criteria for Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research: A View from Social Policy | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2008 | 179 |
| 29 | Improving web survey efficiency: the impact of an extra reminder and reminder content on web survey response | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2017 | 178 |
| 30 | The Management of Confidentiality and Anonymity in Social Research | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2008 | 176 |
| 31 | Reading the riots on Twitter: methodological innovation for the analysis of big data | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2013 | 176 |
| 32 | Research and Indigenous participation: critical reflexive methods | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2009 | 174 |
| 33 | Research by children | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2001 | 171 |
| 34 | An exploration of kaupapa Maori research, its principles, processes and applications | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2006 | 169 |
| 35 | Issues and dilemmas in teaching research methods courses in social and behavioural sciences: US perspective | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2003 | 164 |
| 36 | Storying stories: a narrative approach to in-depth interview conversations | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2004 | 163 |
| 37 | Multimodal transcription as academic practice: a social semiotic perspective | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2011 | 161 |
| 38 | Methods for dealing with multiple outcomes in meta-analysis:a comparison between averaging effect sizes, robust variance estimation and multilevel meta-analysis | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2017 | 161 |
| 39 | Natural experiment methodology for research: a review of how different methods can support real-world research | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2019 | 161 |
| 40 | Time, texture and childhood: The contours of longitudinal qualitative research | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2003 | 158 |
| 41 | Paradigm Peace and the Implications for Quality | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2006 | 154 |
| 42 | Young People's Constructions of Self: Notes on the Use and Analysis of the Photo‐Elicitation Methods | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2008 | 154 |
| 43 | Emotions and Research | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2007 | 150 |
| 44 | Making sense of big text: a visual-first approach for analysing text data using Leximancer and Discursis | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2013 | 150 |
| 45 | Indigenous data, indigenous methodologies and indigenous data sovereignty | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2019 | 147 |
| 46 | Case study as a research strategy: Some ambiguities and opportunities | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2003 | 146 |
| 47 | Who's talking: drawing conclusions from focus groups—some methodological considerations | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2003 | 145 |
| 48 | Assessing the use of back translation: the shortcomings of back translation as a quality testing method | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2017 | 145 |
| 49 | Using internet video calls in qualitative (longitudinal) interviews: some implications for rapport | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2017 | 140 |
| 50 | An evaluation tool to assess the quality of qualitative research studies | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2004 | 123 |