OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Stata Journal is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Review of Environmental Econometrics Using Stata, by Christopher F. Baum and Stan Hurn	200
Speaking Stata: Ordering or ranking groups of observations	89
qpair: A command for analyzing paired Q-sorts in Q-methodology	72
Software Updates	66
Stata tip 148: Searching for words within strings	63
Stata tip 164: Finding terms in lists	52
Cluster-weighted models using Stata	42
csa2sls: A complete subset approach for many instruments using Stata	34
synth2: Synthetic control method with placebo tests, robustness test, and visualization	34
Color palettes for Stata graphics: An update	34
Establishing reference interval bounds for censored and contaminated data	28
ddml: Double/debiased machine learning in Stata	27
statacons: An SCons-based build tool for Stata	25
Software Updates	22
Editorial roles: Farewell and welcome	20
Software Updates	18
Testing axioms of revealed preference in Stata	18
Stata tip 161: Moving averages of even spans and their endpoints	16
A cautionary note on goodness-of-fit statistics for models estimated by pseudo maximum likelihood	16
Announcements	16
Stata tip 150: When is it appropriate to xtset a panel dataset with panelvar only?	15
Meeting assumptions in the estimation of reliability	13
On synthetic difference-in-differences and related estimation methods in Stata	11
Extended biasplot command to assess bias, precision, and agreement in method comparison studies	11
Announcements	10

icio: Economic analysis with intercountry input–output tables	10
Interpreting logit models	10
Properly calculating estat phtest in the presence of stratified hazards	10
Announcement of the Stata Journal Editors’ Prize 2022	10
robustpf: A command for robust estimation of production functions	9
Improved tests for Granger noncausality in panel data	9
Reporting empirical results to .docx files	9
The self-controlled case-series (SCCS) research design and the `sccsdta` command	9
Unit-root tests for explosive behavior	7
Speaking Stata: Nine notes on dealing with dates and times	7
Binscatter regressions	7
Speaking Stata: Quantile–quantile plots, generalized	7
lgrgtest: Lagrange multiplier test after constrained maximum-likelihood estimation	7
Smoothed instrumental variables quantile regression	7
Software Updates	6
Peter Anthony Lachenbruch (1937–2021)	6
Machine learning using Stata/Python	5
A Bayesian method for addressing multinomial misclassification with applications for alcohol epidemiological modeling	5
Instrumental-variable estimation of large-T panel-data models with common factors	5
Identify latent group structures in panel data: The classifylasso command	5
Announcements	5
Fitting mixed random regret minimization models using maximum simulated likelihood	5
Announcement of the Stata Journal Editors' Prize 2025	4
crtrest: A command for ratio estimators of intervention effects on event rates in cluster randomized trials	4
Consistent subsets: Computing the Houtman–Maks index in Stata	4
blandaltman: A command to create variants of Bland–Altman plots	4
Speaking Stata: Automating axis labels: Nice numbers and transformed scales	4
uirt: A command for unidimensional IRT modeling	4
A toolbox for measuring heterogeneity and efficiency using zonotopes	4
Speaking Stata: Getting by without the by() option: Some graphics for unequal groups	4
graphiclasso: Graphical lasso for learning sparse inverse-covariance matrices	4
Improving flexibility and ease of matrix subsetting: The submatrix command	4
Speaking Stata: Replacing missing values: The easiest problems	4
kpsstest: A command that implements the Kwiatkowski, Phillips, Schmidt, and Shin test with sample-specific critical values and reports p-values	4
Announcements	4
Browse and cite Stata manuals easily: The wwwhelp command	3
Getting away from the cutoff in regression discontinuity designs	3
artbin: Extended sample size for randomized trials with binary outcomes	3
Stata tip 144: Adding variable text to graphs that use a by() option	3
Panel stochastic frontier models with endogeneity	3
Speaking Stata: The largest five—A tale of tail values	3
Distinguishing differences in construct from differences in response style: gsem for item response theory models with anchoring vignettes	3
Testing and estimating structural breaks in time series and panel data in Stata	3