Qualitative Research

Papers
(The H4-Index of Qualitative Research is 15. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
The research politics of (re)naming participants: A sociology of names perspective59
Secondary ethnographic analysis: Thinking about things55
Literary allusion in sociological analysis: Mass Observation mantelpiece reports as epic and drama37
Engaging with hard-to-reach children and parents using a creative methodology36
“Wait, really, stop, stop!”: Go-along interviews with visually disabled people and the pitfalls of ableist methodologies34
Situated empathy: The politics and ethics of feeling with the other30
Saturation – a one-size-fits-all fallacy: A critique rooted in phenomenological and qualitative content analysis perspectives26
Amplifying marginalized voices: The necessity of anonymity for diversity and inclusivity in qualitative research25
Affective routes in interviews: Participants exploring a digital map as a live elicitation method25
Positionality, relationality, place, and land: Considerations for ethical research with communities22
Uncomfortable interviews: A research journey of discomfort and how to make the most of it21
Engaging older people through visual participatory research: Insights and reflections21
Indigenizing collaborative methods in studying human–water relations in the Syilx Okanagan Territory of British Columbia, Canada19
More than participatory? From ‘compensatory’ towards ‘expressive’ remote practices using digital technologies17
Doing rural community-based action research (CBAR): Community perceptions and methodological impacts16
The sociology and practice of translation: interaction, indexicality, and power15
Transcript frame analysis: Thinking with Goffman about interview data15
Sociocultural contexts and power dynamics in research interviews: Methodological considerations in Confucian society15
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