Dorothée Behr

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 681 citations indexed

About

Dorothée Behr is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Dorothée Behr has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 681 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Communication and 3 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Dorothée Behr's work include Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (16 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 papers) and Social Media and Politics (7 papers). Dorothée Behr is often cited by papers focused on Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (16 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 papers) and Social Media and Politics (7 papers). Dorothée Behr collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Dorothée Behr's co-authors include Michael Braun, Lars Kaczmirek, Katharina Meitinger, Wolfgang Bandilla, Peter Schmidt, Tihomir Asparouhov, Heinz Leitgöb, Maksim Rudnev, Daniel Seddig and Natalja Menold and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Public Opinion Quarterly and Sociological Methods & Research.

In The Last Decade

Dorothée Behr

34 papers receiving 641 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Assessing the use of back translation: the shortcomings of back translation as a quality testing method

2016 230 citations Dorothée Behr International Journal of Social Research Methodology profile →
Measurement invariance in the social sciences: Historical development, methodological challenges, state of the art, and future perspectives

2022 115 citations Heinz Leitgöb, Daniel Seddig et al. Social Science Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dorothée Behr Germany	14	324	111	97	73	63	34	681
Christiane Atzmüller Austria	4	369 1.1×	149 1.3×	94 1.0×	47 0.6×	78 1.2×	5	825
Patrick J. Ewell United States	10	261 0.8×	154 1.4×	118 1.2×	35 0.5×	63 1.0×	20	742
Claire Hewson United Kingdom	9	219 0.7×	90 0.8×	87 0.9×	105 1.4×	43 0.7×	27	580
Fabrizio Scrima France	18	330 1.0×	225 2.0×	174 1.8×	96 1.3×	98 1.6×	46	821
Wangshuai Wang China	15	242 0.7×	269 2.4×	151 1.6×	74 1.0×	58 0.9×	30	776
Will Marler Switzerland	8	258 0.8×	88 0.8×	84 0.9×	59 0.8×	70 1.1×	15	580
Jaelle Fuchs Switzerland	7	273 0.8×	77 0.7×	71 0.7×	51 0.7×	39 0.6×	9	569
Brian C. Holtz United States	12	295 0.9×	199 1.8×	74 0.8×	32 0.4×	71 1.1×	22	800
Jonathan D’Angelo United States	15	496 1.5×	104 0.9×	97 1.0×	86 1.2×	73 1.2×	45	869
Stephanie L. Dailey United States	15	369 1.1×	128 1.2×	74 0.8×	109 1.5×	77 1.2×	42	724

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Rammstedt, Beatrice, Dorothée Behr, Matthias Bluemke, et al.. (2025). Going global: 39 language versions of the BFI-2-XS. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 2 indexed citations

Behr, Dorothée, et al.. (2024). Using Machine Translation and Post-Editing in the TRAPD Approach: Effects on the Quality of Translated Survey Texts. Public Opinion Quarterly. 88(1). 123–148. 1 indexed citations

Leitgöb, Heinz, Daniel Seddig, Tihomir Asparouhov, et al.. (2022). Measurement invariance in the social sciences: Historical development, methodological challenges, state of the art, and future perspectives. Social Science Research. 110. 102805–102805. 115 indexed citations breakdown →

Meitinger, Katharina, et al.. (2021). Open-ended versus Closed Probes: Assessing Different Formats of Web Probing. Sociological Methods & Research. 52(4). 1981–2015. 13 indexed citations

Braun, Michael, Katharina Meitinger, & Dorothée Behr. (2020). Combining Quantitative Experimental Data with Web Probing: The Case of Individual Solutions for the Division of Labor Between Both Genders. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 14(2). 25. 1 indexed citations

Braun, Michael, et al.. (2019). Using Web Probing to Elucidate Respondents' Understanding of 'Minorities' in Cross-Cultural Comparative Research. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28(1). 3–20. 5 indexed citations

Behr, Dorothée, et al.. (2019). A meeting report: OECD-GESIS Seminar on Translating and Adapting Instruments in Large-Scale Assessments (2018). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 3 indexed citations

Behr, Dorothée. (2018). Surveying the Migrant Population: Consideration of Linguistic and Cultural Issues. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 19. 108. 19 indexed citations

Kaczmirek, Lars, Katharina Meitinger, & Dorothée Behr. (2017). Higher data quality in web probing with EvalAnswer: a tool for identifying and reducing nonresponse in openended questions. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 28. 2 indexed citations

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Braun, Michael, Dorothée Behr, & Juan Díez Medrano. (2017). What do respondents mean when they report to be “citizens of the world”? Using probing questions to elucidate international differences in cosmopolitanism. Quality & Quantity. 52(3). 1121–1135. 3 indexed citations

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Behr, Dorothée, et al.. (2016). Messinstrumente in internationalen Studien (GESIS Survey Guidelines). Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 20. 2 indexed citations

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Meitinger, Katharina & Dorothée Behr. (2016). Comparing Cognitive Interviewing and Online Probing. Field Methods. 28(4). 363–380. 28 indexed citations

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Behr, Dorothée. (2016). Assessing the use of back translation: the shortcomings of back translation as a quality testing method. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 20(6). 573–584. 230 indexed citations breakdown →

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Behr, Dorothée. (2014). Translating Answers to Open-ended Survey Questions in Cross-cultural Research. Field Methods. 27(3). 284–299. 16 indexed citations

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Behr, Dorothée, Wolfgang Bandilla, Lars Kaczmirek, & Michael Braun. (2013). Cognitive Probes in Web Surveys. Social Science Computer Review. 32(4). 524–533. 13 indexed citations

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Behr, Dorothée, Lars Kaczmirek, Wolfgang Bandilla, & Michael Braun. (2012). Asking Probing Questions in Web Surveys. Social Science Computer Review. 30(4). 487–498. 44 indexed citations

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Behr, Dorothée, Michael Braun, Lars Kaczmirek, & Wolfgang Bandilla. (2012). Item comparability in cross-national surveys: results from asking probing questions in cross-national web surveys about attitudes towards civil disobedience. Quality & Quantity. 48(1). 127–148. 29 indexed citations

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Braun, Michael, Dorothée Behr, & Lars Kaczmirek. (2012). Assessing Cross-National Equivalence of Measures of Xenophobia: Evidence from Probing in Web Surveys. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 25(3). 383–395. 38 indexed citations

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Behr, Dorothée & Evi Scholz. (2011). Questionnaire translation in cross-national survey research: on the types and value of annotations. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 5(2). 157–179. 7 indexed citations

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Behr, Dorothée. (2009). Translationswissenschaft und international vergleichende Umfrageforschung: Qualitätssicherung bei Fragebogenübersetzungen als Gegenstand einer Prozessanalyse. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 2. 285. 3 indexed citations

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