OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Qualitative Methods is 34. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Migrating Methods in a Pandemic: Virtual Participatory Video with Migrants in Hong Kong	1080
Making Systems Thinking Accessible for Qualitative Researchers: A Primer on Systems Thinking and Introducing Inductive Systemic Analysis	402
Embracing Complexity Within Creative Approaches to Dementia Research: Ethics, Reflexivity, and Research Practices	221
Research Protocol for Forging New Families in Contemporary Contexts: The Online Sperm Donation Project	177
Outside in: A Protocol for Qualitative Study of the Implementation of Immersive Technology in Dementia Care	174
We Need to be as a Group: Using and Evaluating the Listening Guide in Feminist Collaborative Autoethnography With an Affective ‘Fifth Listen’ as a Tool to (re)construct Identities	173
Ethics in Qualitative Migration and Refugee Studies in Europe: From “Doing no Harm” to Reciprocity and Equity	128
Vulnerability in Inclusive Research: Exploring Co- and Professional Researchers’ Experiences in a Community-Based Participatory Project on the Disability Family	124
Exploring a Unique Mixed Methods Design to Understand How Music Appreciation is Affected by Acquired Deafness in Adults	111
Qualitative Data Requirements in the Divayana Evaluation Model	111
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Studying Portuguese Ethnic Media in Montreal: ‘Autosiociobiographie,’ Sibling Relations, Brotherly Love and ‘Emotional Episodes’ in Research	103
The Crossroads of Real-World Contingency in Qualitative Research: Challenges, Lessons and Resilience	96
Blending Western and Australian Aboriginal Approaches: A Study Protocol for Codesign of Bicultural Teleoncology Models of Care in Remote Australian Communities	96
Opportunities and Challenges for Visual Qualitative Intervention Research on Facebook	92
Race, Gender, and Positionality in Urban Planning Research	92
“You Didn’t Have to Pay Me”: The Meanings of Monetary Incentives in Interview Research	87
Comics in Science and Health Communication: Insights From Mutual Collaboration and Framing a Research Practice	76
The Sociological Confessional: A Reflexive Process in the Transformation From Face-To-Face to Online Interview	76
Co-Designing a Farm Safety Gamified Educational Resource With Secondary School Students and Their Teachers: Qualitative Study Protocol	76
Digital Competences for Improving Digital Inclusion in E-Government Services: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review Protocol	62
Engaging Stakeholders in Realist Programme Theory Building: Insights from the Prospective Phase of a Primary Care Dementia Support Study	61
Leveraging Podcasts as Academic Resources: A Seven-step Methodological Guide	58
“Conversing” With Qualitative Data: Enhancing Qualitative Research Through Large Language Models (LLMs)	58
An Alternative Method of Interviewing: Critical Reflections on Videoconference Interviews for Qualitative Data Collection	54
The Highs and Lows of Interviewing Legal Elites	47

The Interview Quality Reflection Tool (IQRT): Honing the Craft of Experiential Interviews	43
Getting Real About Critical Realist Interviewing: Five Principles to Guide Practice	42
Sitting Through Discomfort: Reflexivity on Research With Dangerous Men in Danger Zones	41
The Voting Scheme Determines the Winner. Considering Possible Options for Designing a Delphi Study	41
Toward Epistemic Justice: Using a Multimodal Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Methodological Approach in Research With Autistic Children	39
Assessing the Reach, Scope and Outcomes of Government Action on Women’s Health and Human Rights: A Protocol for the Development of an International Women’s Rights Dataset	39
Voices Within: Undergraduate Students’ Journey in Ethnocultural Qualitative Research	35
Gender Dynamics in Remote Work Communities: A Protocol on Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities for Female Digital Nomad Online Language Tutors	35
Development of a Measure of Family Functioning for Hispanic Sexual Minority Adolescents: A Study Protocol for Measure Development	35