OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Qualitative Methods is 32. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Migrating Methods in a Pandemic: Virtual Participatory Video with Migrants in Hong Kong	876
Making Systems Thinking Accessible for Qualitative Researchers: A Primer on Systems Thinking and Introducing Inductive Systemic Analysis	319
Embracing Complexity Within Creative Approaches to Dementia Research: Ethics, Reflexivity, and Research Practices	192
Race, Gender, and Positionality in Urban Planning Research	163
The Sociological Confessional: A Reflexive Process in the Transformation From Face-To-Face to Online Interview	162
Engaging Stakeholders in Realist Programme Theory Building: Insights from the Prospective Phase of a Primary Care Dementia Support Study	119
Leveraging Podcasts as Academic Resources: A Seven-step Methodological Guide	118
Outside in: A Protocol for Qualitative Study of the Implementation of Immersive Technology in Dementia Care	106
Digital Competences for Improving Digital Inclusion in E-Government Services: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review Protocol	103
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	95
Ethics in Qualitative Migration and Refugee Studies in Europe: From “Doing no Harm” to Reciprocity and Equity	88
Vulnerability in Inclusive Research: Exploring Co- and Professional Researchers’ Experiences in a Community-Based Participatory Project on the Disability Family	82
Exploring a Unique Mixed Methods Design to Understand How Music Appreciation is Affected by Acquired Deafness in Adults	82
Co-Designing a Farm Safety Gamified Educational Resource With Secondary School Students and Their Teachers: Qualitative Study Protocol	81
Qualitative Data Requirements in the Divayana Evaluation Model	81
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Studying Portuguese Ethnic Media in Montreal: ‘Autosiociobiographie,’ Sibling Relations, Brotherly Love and ‘Emotional Episodes’ in Research	77
Opportunities and Challenges for Visual Qualitative Intervention Research on Facebook	70
The Crossroads of Real-World Contingency in Qualitative Research: Challenges, Lessons and Resilience	66
Blending Western and Australian Aboriginal Approaches: A Study Protocol for Codesign of Bicultural Teleoncology Models of Care in Remote Australian Communities	63
“Conversing” With Qualitative Data: Enhancing Qualitative Research Through Large Language Models (LLMs)	54
Research Protocol for Forging New Families in Contemporary Contexts: The Online Sperm Donation Project	53
An Alternative Method of Interviewing: Critical Reflections on Videoconference Interviews for Qualitative Data Collection	52
“You Didn’t Have to Pay Me”: The Meanings of Monetary Incentives in Interview Research	50
Comics in Science and Health Communication: Insights From Mutual Collaboration and Framing a Research Practice	44
Sitting Through Discomfort: Reflexivity on Research With Dangerous Men in Danger Zones	41

Knowing the Unknown: Application of Qualitative-Vignette Method in the Social-Political Sensitive Business Environment	38
The Art of Seeing: From 2D to 3D Visualization in Situational Analysis	35
Advancing the Speed and Science of Implementation Using Mixed-Methods Process Mapping – Best Practice Recommendations	34
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	32
Toward Epistemic Justice: Using a Multimodal Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Methodological Approach in Research With Autistic Children	32
Methodological Approaches to Obtaining Informed Consent when Conducting Research With Individuals With Deafblindness	32
Linguistic Characteristics of Texts: Methodological Notes on a Missed Step in Critical Discourse Analysis	32
Gender Dynamics in Remote Work Communities: A Protocol on Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities for Female Digital Nomad Online Language Tutors	32