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Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques

Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques is a research topic within Statistics and Probability. Science Explorer counts 5.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on statistical methods and techniques for conducting surveys on sensitive topics, such as the Randomized Response Technique, List Experiments, and the use of auxiliary information in survey sampling. The papers cover various estimation methods, including ratio estimators, multivariate regression analysis, and item count techniques, while addressing issues like social desirability bias and measurement errors.

  • Randomized Response Technique
  • Sensitive Questions
  • Survey Sampling
  • Estimation Methods
  • List Experiments
  • Social Desirability Bias
  • Quantitative Randomized Response Models
  • Auxiliary Information
  • Stratified Sampling
  • Population Mean Estimation
Research works
5.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
541
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques

Which countries lead Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (254 and 157 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 254 works
  2. 2 United States 157 works
  3. 3 Pakistan 106 works
  4. 4 Nigeria 70 works
  5. 5 Saudi Arabia 60 works
  6. 6 China 55 works
  7. 7 Germany 29 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 22 works
  9. 9 Thailand 21 works
  10. 10 Italy 20 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.

India: 32.0%United States: 19.8%Pakistan: 13.4%Nigeria: 8.8%6 others listed: 26.1%32%largest
India254 · 32.0%United States157 · 19.8%Pakistan106 · 13.4%Nigeria70 · 8.8%6 others listed207 · 26.1%

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

Which institutions lead Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques research?

By volume in 2022-now, Banaras Hindu University publishes the most Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques research, followed by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University and Vikram University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 19 works
  2. 2 Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar UniversityIndia 17 works
  3. 3 Vikram UniversityIndia 15 works
  4. 4 Usmanu Danfodiyo UniversityNigeria 13 works
  5. 5 Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadIndia 13 works
  6. 6 University of LucknowIndia 12 works
  7. 7 University of MalakandPakistan 12 works
  8. 8 Indian Statistical InstituteIndia 12 works
  9. 9 King Mongkut's University of Technology North BangkokThailand 10 works
  10. 10 University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques include Donald B. Rubin, PAUL S. F. YIP and Till Bärnighausen.

  1. 1 Donald B. Rubin United States 301k citations
  2. 2 PAUL S. F. YIP China 196k citations
  3. 3 Till Bärnighausen Germany 189k 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 Sampling and Estimation Techniques?

The most cited paper in Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques is "Estimating Nonresponse Bias in Mail Surveys" (J. Scott Armstrong, Terry S. Overton, 1977), with 10,293 citations. Next come "ESTIMATING SITE OCCUPANCY RATES WHEN DETECTION PROBABILITIES ARE LESS THAN ONE" (4,502) and "Bayesian Analysis of Binary and Polychotomous Response Data" (3,137).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimating Nonresponse Bias in Mail Surveys J. Scott Armstrong, Terry S. Overton · Journal of Marketing Research Aug 1977 10,293
2 ESTIMATING SITE OCCUPANCY RATES WHEN DETECTION PROBABILITIES ARE LESS THAN ONE Darryl I. MacKenzie, James David Nichols, Gideon B. Lachman et al. · Ecology Aug 2002 4,502
3 Bayesian Analysis of Binary and Polychotomous Response Data James H. Albert, Siddhartha Chib · Journal of the American Statistical Association Jun 1993 3,137
4 Randomized Response: A Survey Technique for Eliminating Evasive Answer Bias Stanley L. Warner · Journal of the American Statistical Association Mar 1965 3,033
5 Determinants of social desirability bias in sensitive surveys: a literature review Ivar Krumpal · Quality & Quantity Open access 18 Nov 2011 2,912
All 97 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques research in 2022-now are Lucknow (India), Islamabad (Pakistan), Kolkata (India) and Lahore (Pakistan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lucknow.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LucknowIndia 38 works
  2. 2 IslamabadPakistan 24 works
  3. 3 KolkataIndia 22 works
  4. 4 LahorePakistan 21 works
  5. 5 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 19 works
  6. 6 VaranasiIndia 19 works
  7. 7 JammuIndia 17 works
  8. 8 BangkokThailand 17 works
  9. 9 New DelhiIndia 17 works
  10. 10 RawalpindiPakistan 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LucknowIN · 37.7 works39×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Banaras Hindu University and University of Malakand 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 11.03%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Quaid-i-Azam Univers…Babasaheb Bhimrao Am…University of MalakandBanaras Hindu Univer…
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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
1Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar UniversityIndia 78.322.0%283.4×17 +41.3%
2Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 58.012.7%26.9×18 +13.0%
3University of MalakandPakistan 53.913.1%276.5×12 -
4Quaid-i-Azam UniversityPakistan 49.822.9%46.7×9 -72.1%
5University of JammuIndia 39.513.7%65.8×10 +178.1%
6University of LucknowIndia 38.213.1%113.9×12 -
7Usmanu Danfodiyo UniversityNigeria 34.42.3%215.2×13 +189.6%
8Vikram UniversityIndia 31.10.8%881.1×15 -24.9%
9Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadIndia 29.99.7%72.3×13 -64.5%
10Indian Statistical InstituteIndia 26.90.0%159.0×12 +142.9%

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 Sampling and Estimation Techniques, country by country

Is Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques.

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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 Sampling and Estimation Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0046% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques 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.

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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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