Citation Guidelines
All publications based on data of the German Internet Panel (GIP) or the Mannheim Corona Study (MCS) must contain the following references:
GIP Data
- Wave 1–58:
“This article uses data from the wave(s) [XX-XX] of the German Internet Panel (GIP; DOI: [insert DOI(s) here]; Blom et al. [year of data publication]). A study description can be found in Blom et al. (2015). The GIP was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the Collaborative Research Center 884 (SFB 884; Project Number 139943784; Project Z1).” - From Wave 59 onwards:
“This article uses data from the wave(s) [XX-XX] of the German Internet Panel (GIP; DOI: [insert DOI(s) here]; German Internet Panel, Universität Mannheim [year of data publication]). A study description can be found in Blom et al. (2015).” - Blom, A. G., Gathmann, C., and Krieger, U. (2015). Setting Up an Online Panel Representative of the General Population: The German Internet Panel. Field Methods, 27(4), 391–408. DOI: 10.1177/1525822X15574494
- Each wave has its own DOI and citation. They are listed on the website of the GIP data archive at the GESIS Leibniz-Institute for Social Sciences.
- Wave 1–58:
GIP Data from On-Site Data Access (ODA)
- Wave 1–58:
“This article uses data from the wave(s) [XX-XX] of the German Internet Panel (GIP; DOI: [insert DOI(s) here]; Blom et al. [year of data publication]). The following variables used in our analyses are only available via the On-Site Data Access (ODA) facilities of the GIP: [insert variables]. A study description can be found in Blom et al. (2015). The GIP was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the Collaborative Research Center 884 (SFB 884; Project Number 139943784; Project Z1).” - Wave 59 onwards:
“This article uses data from the wave(s) [XX-XX] of the German Internet Panel (GIP; DOI: [insert DOI(s) here]; German Internet Panel, Universität Mannheim [year of data publication]). The following variables used in our analyses are only available via the On-Site Data Access (ODA) facilities of the GIP: [insert variables]. A study description can be found in Blom et al. (2015).” - Blom, A. G., Gathmann, C., and Krieger, U. (2015). Setting Up an Online Panel Representative of the General Population: The German Internet Panel. Field Methods, 27(4), 391–408. DOI: 10.1177/1525822X15574494
- Each wave has its own DOI and citation, which is listed on the website of the GIP data archive at the GESIS Leibniz-Institute for Social Sciences.
- Wave 1–58:
MCS Data
- “This article uses data of the Mannheim Corona Study (MCS; DOI: 10.4232/1.13700; Blom et al. 2021). A study description can be found in Blom et al. (2020). The MCS is part of the German Internet Panel (GIP) and was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through the Collaborative Research Center 884 “Political Economy of Reforms” (SFB 884; Project Number 139943784). Additional funding for the MCS was provided by the German Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs (BAMS).”
- Blom, A. G., Cornesse, C., Friedel, S., Krieger, U., Fikel, M., Rettig, T., Wenz, A., Juhl, S., Lehrer, R., Möhring, K., Naumann, E., & Reifenscheid, M. (2020). High Frequency and High Quality Survey Data Collection. Survey Research Methods, 14(2), 171–178. DOI: 10.18148/srm/2020.v14i2.7735
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