Benjamin L. Messer

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 788 citations indexed

About

Benjamin L. Messer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Statistics and Probability and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin L. Messer has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 788 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Statistics and Probability and 1 paper in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Benjamin L. Messer's work include Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (4 papers), Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods (2 papers) and Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques (2 papers). Benjamin L. Messer is often cited by papers focused on Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (4 papers), Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods (2 papers) and Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques (2 papers). Benjamin L. Messer collaborates with scholars based in United States. Benjamin L. Messer's co-authors include Don A. Dillman, Robert D. Tortora, Karen Swift, D. A. Dillman, Kyle W. Knight and Michelle L. Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as Public Opinion Quarterly, Social Science Research and Social Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin L. Messer

5 papers receiving 711 citations

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Response rate and measurement differences in mixed-mode surveys using mail, telephone, interactive voice response (IVR) and the Internet

2008 560 citations Don A. Dillman, Robert D. Tortora et al. Social Science Research profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin L. Messer United States	4	431	139	95	94	78	5	788
Nancy Bates United States	11	438 1.0×	153 1.1×	99 1.0×	55 0.6×	113 1.4×	31	843
Vidal Díaz de Rada Igúzquiza Spain	12	282 0.7×	98 0.7×	97 1.0×	29 0.3×	32 0.4×	103	857
D. A. Dillman United States	14	906 2.1×	197 1.4×	153 1.6×	52 0.6×	126 1.6×	17	1.4k
Karen Swift Canada	7	318 0.7×	98 0.7×	160 1.7×	18 0.2×	57 0.7×	12	746
George Terhanian Slovakia	5	260 0.6×	57 0.4×	48 0.5×	18 0.2×	42 0.5×	8	567
Ottar Hellevik Norway	13	378 0.9×	121 0.9×	163 1.7×	46 0.5×	16 0.2×	37	972
Dirk Heerwegh Belgium	4	373 0.9×	71 0.5×	62 0.7×	17 0.2×	50 0.6×	7	575
Andrew S. Fullerton United States	17	391 0.9×	233 1.7×	366 3.9×	23 0.2×	56 0.7×	42	1.1k
Jernej Berzelak Italy	2	324 0.8×	72 0.5×	101 1.1×	13 0.1×	33 0.4×	2	709
Maarten L. Buis Germany	11	342 0.8×	210 1.5×	136 1.4×	21 0.2×	28 0.4×	26	1.0k

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Knight, Kyle W. & Benjamin L. Messer. (2012). Environmental Concern in Cross‐National Perspective: The Effects of Affluence, Environmental Degradation, and World Society^*. Social Science Quarterly. 93(2). 521–537. 79 indexed citations

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Messer, Benjamin L., Michelle L. Edwards, & Don A. Dillman. (2012). Determinants of Item Nonresponse to Web and Mail Respondents in Three Address-Based Mixed-Mode Surveys of the General Public. Survey Practice. 5(2). 1–9. 32 indexed citations

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Messer, Benjamin L. & D. A. Dillman. (2011). Surveying the General Public over the Internet Using Address-Based Sampling and Mail Contact Procedures. Public Opinion Quarterly. 75(3). 429–457. 115 indexed citations

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Messer, Benjamin L.. (2009). IMPROVING SURVEY RESPONSE IN MAIL AND INTERNET GENERAL PUBLIC SURVEYS USING ADDRESS-BASED SAMPLING AND MAIL CONTACT PROCEDURES. 2 indexed citations

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Dillman, Don A., et al.. (2008). Response rate and measurement differences in mixed-mode surveys using mail, telephone, interactive voice response (IVR) and the Internet. Social Science Research. 38(1). 1–18. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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