Methodological Innovations Journal

Special Issue: Promises of Inferential Social Network Analysis (SNA) in Social Sciences: Moving Beyond Network Descriptives. Abstracts to @koksal-banoglu.bsky.social by 30th June 2026 journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

Special Issue: Generative AI and Social Science Research. Deadline for full papers extended to 9th of January 2026
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We currently have two special issue calls for papers 👇

All accepted articles for these special issues will benefit from an APC waiver

Mapping discourses through Hierarchical Clustering on Principal Components - Francesco Veri, 2025 This article proposes a methodological framework that combines a Q-concourse questionnaire with Multiple Factor Analysis and Hierarchical Clustering on Principa...

my latest paper @methodinnovations.bsky.social. I present a framework combining Q-concourse surveys with multifactor analysis and clustering to map discourses from large-N surveys. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Critical Thinking Bootcamp: The Future of Critical Thinking. Tuesday, August 12, 2025. 8:30am PT | 11:30am ET | 4:30pm BST

Our free, annual #CriticalThinkingBootcamp begins tomorrow at 11:30AM ET.

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the future of critical thinking. New for 2025, you’ll be invited to dive deeper into this year’s topics in interactive breakout rooms.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

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Generating metainferences in mixed methods research: A worked example in convergent mixed methods designs - Ahtisham Younas, Sergi Fàbregues, John W Creswell, 2023 Metainferences, or the insights derived from integrating quantitative and qualitative inferences at the end of a study, are crucial for achieving added value an...

🔎 One of our most read articles: Generating metainferences in mixed methods research: A worked example in convergent mixed methods designs

Ahtisham Younas et al discuss the insights derived from integrating quantitative and qualitative inferences #MixedMethods

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🏅 Roland Calori Prize 2025
Congratulations to Vivek Soundararajan, Garima Sharma, and Hari Bapuji for receiving this year’s prize!

Their award-winning paper explores caste, precarity, and labor in India. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Critical Thinking Bootcamp: The Future of Critical Thinking. Tuesday, August 12, 2025. 8:30am PT | 11:30am ET | 4:30pm BST

With higher education facing growing challenges, the need for critical thinking has never been greater.

In this virtual event, our panel will explore how librarians and educators can combat misinformation and empower students with critical thinking skills.

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🆕Online First: The philosophical health compass: A new and comprehensive assessment tool for researching existential dimensions of wellbeing

Luis de Miranda @utu.fi et al introduce a new tool for investigating philosophical aspects of human wellbeing

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🔎 One of our most read articles: A choir or cacophony?

Bartholomew et al share a systematic review exploring sample issues in the implementation of phenomenological methods #phenemenology #ResearchMethods

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🔎 One of our most cited articles: A discussion of some controversies in mixed methods research for emerging researchers

Joseph Adu et al shed light on controversies, aiding emerging researchers in mastering this powerful methodology #MixedMethods #SocialScience

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⁉️Are you using generative AI in your social science research? We want to hear about it!

We are looking for critical accounts for a special issue on the use of #generativeai in #socialscienceresearch

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For some Generative AI heralds a new era of possibilities, for others it presents ethical, epistemological, and ecological challenges. We invite articles that showcase methodological innovations using Generative AI, and critical discussions on its role and implications within social science research

Call for papers: Generative AI and Social Science Research

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Simon Briscoe ‪@simonjbriscoe.bsky.social‬, GJ Melendez-Torres, Liz Shaw and Jo Thompson Coon show how researchers and policymakers can work together to produce systematic reviews which are useful for policy purposes, using hermeneutics as a theoretical framework journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Thom Snaphaan ‪@thomsnaphaan.bsky.social discusses the potential value of using crime scripting to put data in context and utilise novel techniques for the purpose of problem-oriented and intelligence-led crime reduction journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Jacob C White and Douglas L Bessette @michiganstateu.bsky.social examine a mail-based survey distribution method called Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Management of imposter participants when conducting online research with victim-survivors and perpetrators of violence - Fiona C Giles, Mandy McKenzie, Minerva Kyei-Nimakoh, Lata Satyen, Laura Tarzia,... An increasingly common challenge facing researchers is participants falsifying their identity or their experiences to participate in online research. Imposter p...

Fiona C Giles, Mandy McKenzie, Minerva Kyei-Nimakoh, Lata Satyen, Laura Tarzia, and Kelsey Hegarty examine the management of imposter participants when conducting online research with victim-survivors and perpetrators of violence journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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