''Survey Research Methods'' (''SRM'') is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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on
survey methodology
Survey methodology is "the study of survey methods".
As a field of applied statistics concentrating on human-research surveys, survey methodology studies the sampling of individual units from a population and associated techniques of survey d ...
published by the
European Survey Research Association. The journal publishes articles in English discussing methodological issues of survey research. The
editor-in-chief
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is Ulrich Kohler (
University of Potsdam). The journal is indexed by the
Social Sciences Citation Index
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(SSCI),
Scopus
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, and the
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The journal has signed the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines of the
Center for Open Science. Articles published in Survey Research Methods are free of charges for both, readers and authors.
Publisher
''Survey Research Methods'' is the official journal of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA). The ESRA was founded in 2008. According to the website, ESRA's main goal is to encourage communication between
methodologists and researchers in substantive fields such as
sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...
,
psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...
,
political science
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, and other disciplines employing survey data. Its main two activities are the biannual
conferences that showcases the latest
survey research with the latest conference in 2023, and the
open access journal
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''Survey Research Methods''.
The ESRA Outstanding Service Award acknowledges individuals who provided significant methodological, substantive, or infrastructural contributions to European survey research. Honorees included Rainer Schnell (2021),
Ineke Stoop (2019),
Edith de Leeuw (2017), Jaak Billiet (2015),
Willem Saris (2013), and
Roger Jowell (2011).
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/index
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 2007
Research methods journals
Triannual journals
Academic journals published by international learned and professional societies
Survey methodology
Communication journals