From niche to mainstream method? A comprehensive mapping of QCA applications in journal articles from 1984 to 2011

B Rihoux, P Álamos-Concha, D Bol, A Marx… - Political research …, 2013 - JSTOR
Political research quarterly, 2013JSTOR
This article provides a first systematic mapping of QCA applications, building upon a
database of 313 peer-reviewed journal articles. We find out that the number of QCA
applications has dramatically increased during the past few years. The mapping also
reveals that csQCA remains the most frequently used technique, that political science,
sociology, and management are the core disciplines of application, that macrolevel
analyses, medium-N designs, and a mono-method use of QCA remain predominant. A …
This article provides a first systematic mapping of QCA applications, building upon a database of 313 peer-reviewed journal articles. We find out that the number of QCA applications has dramatically increased during the past few years. The mapping also reveals that csQCA remains the most frequently used technique, that political science, sociology, and management are the core disciplines of application, that macrolevel analyses, medium-N designs, and a mono-method use of QCA remain predominant. A particular focus is also laid on the ratio between the number of cases and number of conditions and the compliance to benchmarks in this respect.
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