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Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

Survey Methodology and Nonresponse is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 6.7k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on survey methodology, response rates analysis, and the impact of different survey modes on data quality. It covers topics such as web-based surveys, questionnaire design, nonresponse bias, and the use of internet questionnaires in epidemiologic studies. The cluster also explores methods to improve response rates and the effects of survey mode on the integrity of data collected.

  • Survey Methodology
  • Response Rates
  • Web-Based Surveys
  • Questionnaire Design
  • Nonresponse Bias
  • Internet Questionnaires
  • Data Quality
  • Epidemiologic Studies
  • Postal Questionnaires
  • Cognitive Interviewing
Research works
6.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
678
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

Which countries lead Survey Methodology and Nonresponse research?

By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (479 and 186 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 479 works
  2. 2 Germany 186 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 93 works
  4. 4 Australia 45 works
  5. 5 India 39 works
  6. 6 Canada 37 works
  7. 7 Japan 34 works
  8. 8 China 33 works
  9. 9 Italy 33 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 31 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 47.5%Germany: 18.4%United Kingdom: 9.2%Australia: 4.4%6 others listed: 20.5%48%largest
United States479 · 47.5%Germany186 · 18.4%United Kingdom93 · 9.2%Australia45 · 4.4%6 others listed206 · 20.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Survey Methodology and Nonresponse research?

By volume in 2022-now, Leibniz Association publishes the most Survey Methodology and Nonresponse research, followed by University of Michigan and University of Mannheim.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Leibniz AssociationGermany 37 works
  2. 2 University of MichiganUnited States 18 works
  3. 3 University of MannheimGermany 12 works
  4. 4 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 11 works
  5. 5 University of ChicagoUnited States 9 works
  6. 6 Istituto Nazionale di StatisticaItaly 9 works
  7. 7 United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States 8 works
  8. 8 United States Census BureauUnited States 8 works
  9. 9 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 8 works
  10. 10 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Survey Methodology and Nonresponse?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Survey Methodology and Nonresponse include David Moher, Douglas G. Altman and Ali H. Mokdad.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Douglas G. Altman United Kingdom 862k citations
  3. 3 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  4. 4 Ronald C. Kessler United States 360k citations
  5. 5 Emelia J. Benjamin United States 341k citations
  6. 6 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
  7. 7 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 317k citations
  8. 8 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  9. 9 Elie A. Akl Canada 313k citations
  10. 10 Donald B. Rubin United States 301k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Survey Methodology and Nonresponse?

The most cited paper in Survey Methodology and Nonresponse is "Rayyan—a web and mobile app for systematic reviews" (Mourad Ouzzani, Hossam M. Hammady, Zbys Fedorowicz et al., 2016), with 26,444 citations. Next come "Estimating Nonresponse Bias in Mail Surveys" (10,293) and "Multiple imputation for missing data in epidemiological and clinical research: potential and pitfalls" (7,402).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rayyan—a web and mobile app for systematic reviews Mourad Ouzzani, Hossam M. Hammady, Zbys Fedorowicz et al. · Systematic Reviews ReviewOpen access Dec 2016 26,444
2 Estimating Nonresponse Bias in Mail Surveys J. Scott Armstrong, Terry S. Overton · Journal of Marketing Research Aug 1977 10,293
3 Multiple imputation for missing data in epidemiological and clinical research: potential and pitfalls Jonathan A C Sterne, Ian R. White, John B. Carlin et al. · BMJ Open access 29 Jun 2009 7,402
4 Improving the Quality of Web Surveys: The Checklist for Reporting Results of Internet E-Surveys (CHERRIES) Günther Eysenbach · Journal of Medical Internet Research Open access 29 Sep 2004 6,688
5 Internet, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method Don Andrew Dillman, Jolene D. Smyth, Leah Melani Christian 12 Oct 2008 5,363
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Where is Survey Methodology and Nonresponse research done?

The largest centres of Survey Methodology and Nonresponse research in 2022-now are Mannheim (Germany), Washington D.C. (United States), London (United Kingdom) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mannheim and Washington D.C..

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MannheimGermany 45 works
  2. 2 Washington D.C.United States 30 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 28 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 20 works
  5. 5 RomeItaly 19 works
  6. 6 Ann ArborUnited States 19 works
  7. 7 ChicagoUnited States 16 works
  8. 8 MunichGermany 15 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 14 works
  10. 10 BostonUnited States 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MannheimDE · 44.6 works150×
  2. Washington D.C.US · 30.2 works6.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Survey Methodology and Nonresponse than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Survey Methodology and Nonresponse?

Among universities, judged by research, University College London, University of Michigan and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 10.86%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University College L…Ludwig-Maximilians-U…University of ChicagoUniversity of Michigan
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University College LondonUnited Kingdom 60.015.8%4.5×8 +47.6%
2University of MichiganUnited States 55.77.5%10.5×18 -15.3%
3Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 48.612.6%11.2×11 +77.6%
4University of ChicagoUnited States 38.710.4%9.9×9 +57.8%
5University of MannheimGermany 30.68.0%110.2×12 -8.5%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Survey Methodology and Nonresponse, country by country

Is Survey Methodology and Nonresponse research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Survey Methodology and Nonresponse.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Survey Methodology and Nonresponse as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0043% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Survey Methodology and Nonresponse0.0058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Survey Methodology and Nonresponse over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Survey Methodology and Nonresponse10.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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