Special issue on cross-cultural & multilingual research published in 2025, expanding the reach of science communication.
Special Issue Articles
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Go to Editorial Introduction by Mandy Sha & Eva Aizpurua.
- Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC)
- U.S. Latinos/as
- Survey translation practices
- Advancements in methods and evaluations
- Interview the Expert: Expanding the Reach of Scientific Communication
Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC)
By Sharan Sharma, University of Maryland, College Park, and Bijay Chouhan, O.P. Sharma, Jaya Koti, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, and Sonalde Desai, University of Maryland and NCAER
Can I Interview Her? Gatekeeping in a Telephone Survey of Female Migrants in India
By Mahmoud Elkasabi, RTI International
Proxy coverage of Mobile Phone Surveys in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A family profile
By Charles Lau, Gallup with coauthors
By Meredith Massey, National Center for Health Statistics
U.S. Latinos/as
By Kristen Olson, Minshuai Ding, and Amanda Ganshert, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
By Martha McRoy and Juanita Vivas Bastidas, NORC at the University of Chicago
Comparing Techniques to Identify Spanish-Speaking Households
By Ángel Saavedra Cisneros, Bowdoin College
Survey translation practices
By Patricia Goerman, U.S. Census Bureau, Alisú Schoua-Glusberg, Research Support Services & Ariana Muñoz Maurás, U.S. Census Bureau
Cultural Mismatches in Translation of Key Sociodemographic Questions
By Caitlin R. Waickman and Elyzabeth Gaumer, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development
For New York City by New York City: A Collaborative and Local Approach to Survey Translation
By Liana Manuel, Luis Miguel Contreras, Lisa Lee, Barbara M. Fernandez, Jennifer Vanicek, Meredith Gonsahn, Eduardo Salinas, and Eileen Graf, NORC at the University of Chicago
Development of a Practical Translation Approach for Survey Research Projects
Advancements in methods and evaluations
By Mariel McKone Leonard, DIW Berlin – German Institute for Economic Research
Conducting Respondent-Driven Sampling with Ethnic Minority Populations: The State of the Field
By Ting Yan, NORC at the University of Chicago, and Hanyu Sun and Anil Battalahalli, Westat
Using Machine Learning to Evaluate Questions in a Multilingual Survey
By Edward Rincón, Rincón & Associates, Dexter Purnell, University of North Texas, and Mandy Sha
Multicultural Insights Test: Development of a Diagnostic Tool for Engaging Multicultural Populations
By Marcus Berger, Betsarí Otero Class, and Angie O’Brien, U.S. Census Bureau
Interview the Expert: Expanding the Reach of Scientific Communication with Frauke Kreuter
As seen in a recent Pew survey, less than half of American adults consider research scientists “good communicators” (a decline in nine percentage points since 2019). The tools, motivation, and real-life examples in this article about science communication serve as catalysts for researchers and research leaders to positively influence public perceptions.
But poor science communication can distort the message if researchers and researcher leaders inadvertently engage in them! (See report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.) For more insights, go to the special issue’s Introductory Article.
Journal and Special Issue Information
About the Journal
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board
- Special issue guest editor
- Published by the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
Past Articles
- Recent Survey Practice articles
- 2017 Special Issue in Survey Practice on cross-cultural & multilingual research
Publishing Outcomes
Sixteen articles and an introduction were published on March 3, 2025.
Article Types
Author Affiliation
4 Academia
4 Government
8 Industry* (5 large organizations and 3 small businesses)
* includes academic coauthors
Data Sources
✓ Federal & city government surveys.
✓ Qualitative insights, case studies, and cognitive interviews.
✓ Telephone surveys in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC).
✓ Survey experiments.
Note. Five manuscripts were rejected or were withdrawn by the authors, including two manuscripts that had been accepted, copyedited, and typeset and the authors cited external uncertainties outside of their control for the withdrawal.
Publicity
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Last updated: July 24, 2025
| Publicity Type | Organization Click on hyperlink to see outcome | Reach | Est. 2025 Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Publication news | Survey Practice journal blog 3/6 Publication notice: Special issue 3/27 feat. Kristen Olson 4/3 feat. Patricia Goerman 4/10 feat. Sharan Sharma 4/17 feat. Ángel Saavedra Cisneros 4/24 feat. Lisa Lee 5/2 feat. Martha McRoy 5/8 feat. Ting Yan 5/15 feat. Mandy Sha 5/22 feat. Ilana M. Ventura 5/29 feat. Caitlin R. Waickman 6/12 feat. Marcus Berger 6/19 feat. Edward Rincon 6/26 feat. Mahmoud Elkasabi 7/10 feat. Charles Lau 7/17 feat. Meredith Massey 7/24 feat. Mariel Leonard | All subscribers | March 4 blog March 6 – July 10, see individual dates |
| 2. Official X account @SurveyPractice | @SurveyPractice Publication alert: Special issue 3/27 Kristen Olson 4/3 Patricia Goerman 4/10 Sharan Sharma 4/17 Ángel Saavedra Cisneros 4/24 Lisa Lee 5/2 Martha McRoy 5/8 Ting Yan 5/15 Mandy Sha 5/22 Ilana M. Ventura 5/29 Caitlin R. Waickman 6/12 Marcus Berger 6/19 Edward Rincon 6/26 Mahmoud Elkasabi 7/10 Charles Lau 7/17 Meredith Massey 7/24 Mariel Leonard | Followers and the public | March-May |
| 3. Newsletter | American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Newsletter 3/21/2025 Newsletter 6/12/2025 | All member & non-member subscribers | March 21 June 12 |
| 4. Listserv | AAPORnet (no access? click here to view) | All member subscribers | March 4 |
| 5. Sister organizations | AAPORnet message reposted on ESRA, WAPOR, AEA listservs. AAPORnet message forwarded to HISP-AAPOR mailing list. Among AAPOR regional chapters, PAPOR was supportive with social media posts and a column in their Spring 2025 Newsletter. | All member subscribers | March 5 – 7 May 2025 |
| 6. Official social media channels AAPOR | American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) bluesky @aapor.bsky.social fb @AAPOROnline LinkedIn @AAPOR (3/10) and Frauke Kreuter interview (4/4) YouTube @aaporHQ X @aapor retweeted the journal | Followers and the public | March 10 April 4 |
| 7. Special Issue resource page | Research Scientist mandysha.com/special-issue | Public | No end date |
| 8. Communiqué | Cross-cultural and multilingual research affinity group 3/7 Special Issue Communiqué 4/7 Spring Communiqué | All subscribers | March 7 April 7 |
| 9. Launch party | AAPOR 80th conference, in person Swags & Party favors | All attendees | May 14 at 6pm |
| 10. LinkedIn ad | Promoted by LinkedIn Marketing Solutions with a “maximum delivery” strategy; they indicated for “mobile feed” only and “poor” audience penetration that nevertheless resulted in 49,591 unique people reached and 57,646 impressions. | Research sector & higher education | March 5-14 |
| 11. LinkedIn | 3/4 Tue Eva Aizpurua 3/10 Mon author Mariel Leonard 3/13 Thu author Kristen Olson 3/17 Mon author Marcus Berger 3/20 Thu author Patti Goerman 3/24 Mon author Caitlin Waickman 3/28 Fri author Ilana M. Ventura 3/31 Mon Eva Aizpurua 4/1 Tue author Meredith Massey 4/4 Fri author Ed Rincon 4/8 Tue author Sharan Sharma 4/10 Thu author Mahmoud Elkasabi 4/11 Fri author by Charles Lau 4/22 Tue author Barbara Fernandez 4/25 Fri author Angel Saavedra Cisneros 4/28 Mon author Martha McRoy 5/5 Mon Frauke Kreuter interview 5/7 Wed author Ting Yan 5/12 Mon Video | The public | March 4-May 12 |
| 12. Author organizations | 3/7 @bureau-of-sociological-research repost 4/16 NORC.org blog about the Fernandez paper 4/16 @NORCnews LinkedIn post 5/2 NORC.org blog about the McRoy paper Internal intranet communications not tracked (we don’t have access rights). | Followers | March 7 April 16 |
| 13. Printed media | Book, see Book Format Project | Amazon.com, bookstores, libraries | May 2026 |
Author Instructions (Pre-Publication)
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Article Types and Formatting Instructions
This cross-cultural research special issue accepts FULL ARTICLES and IN-BRIEF NOTES via Scholastica. Click HERE for formatting instructions.
Full Articles
- Provide insight into best practices, results from innovative experiments in survey design, or suggestive results for the future of survey research that may not be quite ready for peer review.
- Provide a theoretical underpinning for the research, are written in the style of a traditional journal article, and are usually around 2,500 words (excluding the abstract, footnotes, appendices, tables, figures, and works cited).
- EXAMPLES: see recent full articles published in Survey Practice and the full articles from the journal’s 2017 cross-cultural research special issue.
In-Brief Notes
- Provide informal type of manuscript appropriate for when a problem is more practical than theoretical in nature.
- Provide a description of a problem, potential solutions, and the effectiveness of the solutions, to the extent known, and are usually around 1,000 words. Written text, photos, video, and other media formats can be included.
- EXAMPLES: Describe a data collection obstacle and how you implemented a solution to overcome it. See in-brief note about cross-cultural research topic published in Survey Practice and more examples.
Expected Schedule
The dates shown here were projections, which we met or published sooner than expected.
- May 24 to June 24, 2024: Guest editor announcement, Q&A consultation, and informational Webinar about publishing.
- June 25, 2024: Last day for AUTHOR to submit abstract by email to the Guest Editor. Any length is fine; if about 200 words you can use it toward the paper submission .
- July 8, 2024: Guest editor provides feedback.
- September 25, 2024: Last day for AUTHOR to submit paper via Scholastica.
- October 25, 2024: Last day for Guest editor & Associate editor(s) to finish review and inform author.
- November 1 to 27, 2024: AUTHOR‘s manuscript-specific R&R response.
- December 20, 2024: Last day for AUTHOR to respond to second round of R&R, if needed.
- January 2, 2025: Guest editor sends recommendations to Editor-in-Chief.
- January 14, 2025: Last day for Editor-in-Chief to record decisions.
- January 28, 2025: Last day for Copyeditor to complete copyedits.
- February 14, 2025: Last day for Scholastica to provide formatted proofs.
- February 21, 2025: Last day for AUTHOR to request proof changes, if needed.
- March 7, 2025: Last day for Scholastica to provide revised formatted proof.
- Buffer period in case of second round of proof revisions.
- March 27, 2025: Editor-In-Chief publishes special issue articles.
- May 14, 2025 AAPOR 80th Conference: A party celebrating the authors, cross-cultural research, and science communication?!
Major holidays
- July 4, 2024 (Thursday): US Independence Day
- November 28, 2024 (Thursday): US Thanksgiving
- December 23, 2024 to January 1, 2025 (Monday to Wednesday): Christmas & New Year’s holiday period
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