Most cited papers in Social Development and Education Research
What are the most cited papers in Social Development and Education Research?
The most cited paper in Social Development and Education Research is "Case Study Research: Design and Methods" (Harris Chaiklin, 1991), with 39,932 citations. Next come "How Many Interviews Are Enough?" (20,652) and "Document Analysis as a Qualitative Research Method" (12,630).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 84 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Case Study Research: Design and Methods Harris Chaiklin · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | Feb 1991 | 39,932 |
| 2 | How Many Interviews Are Enough? Greg Guest, Arwen Bunce, Laura Johnson · Field Methods | 23 Dec 2005 | 20,652 |
| 3 | Document Analysis as a Qualitative Research Method Glenn A. Bowen · Qualitative Research Journal | 3 Aug 2009 | 12,630 |
| 4 | Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, 3rd ed. John W. Creswell | 2009 | 6,320 |
| 5 | A method of analysing interview transcripts in qualitative research Philip Burnard · Nurse Education Today | Dec 1991 | 2,536 |
| 6 | A hands-on guide to doing content analysis Christen Lee Erlingsson, Petra Brysiewicz · African Journal of Emergency Medicine | 21 Aug 2017 | 2,419 |
| 7 | Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process. Ian H. Langford, Thorsten May · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D (The Statistician) | 1994 | 2,167 |
| 8 | Theme development in qualitative content analysis and thematic analysis Mojtaba Vaismoradi, J. K. N. Jones, Hannele E. Turunen et al. · Journal of Nursing Education and Practice | 15 Jan 2016 | 2,003 |
| 9 | An array of qualitative data analysis tools: A call for data analysis triangulation. Nancy L. Leech, Anthony John Onwuegbuzie · School Psychology Quarterly | Dec 2007 | 1,535 |
| 10 | Memoing in qualitative research Melanie Birks, Ysanne B. Chapman, Karen L. Francis · Journal of research in nursing | 12 Dec 2007 | 1,534 |
| 11 | Content-Analysis Research: An Examination of Applications with Directives for Improving Research Reliability and Objectivity Richard H. Kolbe, Melissa S. Burnett · Journal of Consumer Research | Sep 1991 | 1,532 |
| 12 | Researcher Positionality - A Consideration of Its Influence and Place in Qualitative Research - A New Researcher Guide Andrew G D Holmes · Shanlax International Journal of Education | Sep 2020 | 1,345 |
| 13 | In defense of external invalidity. Douglas G. Mook · American Psychologist | Apr 1983 | 1,222 |
| 14 | Qualitative analysis: What it is and how to begin Margarete Sandelowski · Research in Nursing & Health | Aug 1995 | 1,174 |
| 15 | Content analysis: concepts, methods and applications Stephen Cavanagh · Nurse Researcher | Apr 1997 | 984 |
| 16 | The Use of Qualitative Content Analysis in Case Study Research Florian Kohlbacher · ePubWU Institutional Repository (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) | Jun 2008 | 940 |
| 17 | Real qualitative researchers do not count: The use of numbers in qualitative research Margarete Sandelowski · Research in Nursing & Health | Jun 2001 | 887 |
| 18 | Developing a grounded theory approach: a comparison of Glaser and Strauss Helen A. Heath, Sarah Cowley · International Journal of Nursing Studies | 12 Sep 2003 | 839 |
| 19 | The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods David S. Bell · Reference Reviews | 23 Oct 2009 | 710 |
| 20 | Qualitative Data Analysis Cuong Huy Pham · Advances in educational technologies and instructional design book series | 6 May 2024 | 706 |
| 21 | Preparing for Interview Research: The Interview Protocol Refinement Framework Milagros Castillo‐Montoya · The Qualitative Report | May 2016 | 701 |
| 22 | Qualitative research in healthcare: An introduction to grounded theory using thematic analysis A. L. N. Chapman, M. Hadfield, CJ Chapman · The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | Sep 2015 | 695 |
| 23 | Theoretical Sampling and Category Development in Grounded Theory Claire Burke Draucker, Donna S. Martsolf, Ratchneewan Ross et al. · Qualitative Health Research | Oct 2007 | 607 |
| 24 | Beyond constant comparison qualitative data analysis: Using NVivo. Nancy L. Leech, Anthony John Onwuegbuzie · School Psychology Quarterly | Mar 2011 | 570 |
| 25 | Grounded Theory Method: Philosophical Perspectives, Paradigm of Inquiry, and Postmodernism Merilyn Annells · Qualitative Health Research | Aug 1996 | 506 |
| 26 | The place of the literature review in grounded theory research Ciarán Dunne · International Journal of Social Research Methodology | 31 Aug 2010 | 486 |
| 27 | The Research Design Maze: Understanding Paradigms, Cases, Methods and Methodologies Dina Wahyuni · Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) | 2012 | 458 |
| 28 | Grounded theory: A promising approach to conceptualization in psychology? David L. Rennie, Jeffrey R. Phillips, Georgia K. Quartaro · Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne | Apr 1988 | 455 |
| 29 | Some practical aspects of qualitative data analysis: One way of organising the cognitive processes associated with the generation of grounded theory Barry A. Turner · Quality & Quantity | Jun 1981 | 447 |
| 30 | Curriculum design David J. Prideaux · BMJ | 30 Jan 2003 | 363 |
| 31 | Theory unmasked: The uses and guises of theory in qualitative research Margarete Sandelowski · Research in Nursing & Health | Jun 1993 | 341 |
| 32 | Challenges When Using Grounded Theory Virpi Timonen, Geraldine Foley, Catherine Conlon · International Journal of Qualitative Methods | 7 Mar 2018 | 328 |
| 33 | How to do your research project Sophina Qasim · International Journal of Research & Method in Education | Jul 2011 | 301 |
| 34 | Site Design and Pedestrian Travel Paul Mitchell Hess, Anne Vernez Moudon, Mary Catherine Snyder et al. · Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board | 1999 | 294 |
| 35 | An overview of three different approaches to the interpretation of qualitative data. Part 1: theoretical issues Helena M Priest, Paula M. Roberts, Leslie Peter Woods · Nurse Researcher | Oct 2002 | 285 |
| 36 | The Power and Potential of Grounded Theory Kathy Calkins Charmaz | 2012 | 272 |
| 37 | Qualitative research and evaluation methods (third edition) Patric Devitt · Nurse Education Today | 30 Jun 2003 | 271 |
| 38 | Aggregating Qualitative Findings: An Approach to Theory Development Carole A. Estabrooks, Peggy Anne Field, Janice M. Morse · Qualitative Health Research | Nov 1994 | 264 |
| 39 | Grounded Theory Method in Management Research Jacqueline Fendt, Wladimir M. Sachs · Organizational Research Methods | 8 Aug 2007 | 255 |
| 40 | Confused About Theoretical Sampling? Engaging Theoretical Sampling in Diverse Grounded Theory Studies Catherine Conlon, Virpi Timonen, Catherine Elliott O’Dare et al. · Qualitative Health Research | 20 Jan 2020 | 254 |
| 41 | Validity and Reliability Issues in Educational Research James Ayodele Oluwatayo · Journal of Educational and Social Research | May 2012 | 243 |
| 42 | Children's attitudes toward handicapped peers. Luanna M. Voeltz · PubMed | Mar 1980 | 241 |
| 43 | Applying Constant Comparative Method with Multiple Investigators and Inter-Coder Reliability Joel D. Olson, Chad A. McAllister, Lynn Grinnell et al. · The Qualitative Report | 4 Jan 2016 | 223 |
| 44 | Acculturation: A psychometric perspective. Esteban L. Olmedo · American Psychologist | Nov 1979 | 207 |
| 45 | Reliability and Validity of Qualitative and Operational Research Paradigm Muhammad Mehran Bashir, Muhammad Tanveer Afzal, Muhammad Shoaib Azeem · Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research | 2008 | 203 |
| 46 | Establishing Construct Validity and Reliability: Pilot Testing of a Qualitative Interview for Research in Takaful (Islamic Insurance) Maryam Dikko · The Qualitative Report | 14 Mar 2016 | 193 |
| 47 | Skype: An Appropriate Method of Data Collection for Qualitative Interviews? Jessica R. Sullivan · ScholarWorks - WMU (Western Michigan University) | 2012 | 191 |
| 48 | Research methods in library and information science: A content analysis Heting Chu · Library & Information Science Research | 2015 | 189 |
| 49 | An Examination of the Sufficiency of Small Qualitative Samples Diane S. Young, Erin A. Casey · Social Work Research | Oct 2018 | 188 |
| 50 | Outcome-based Education: An Outline N.J. Rao · Higher Education for the Future | 2020 | 183 |
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