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title: "Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys: papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 48 archived papers mentioned Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Dec 2025 (4)."
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# Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/5.md)

Household, health and living-standards surveys of low- and middle-income countries.

- data category: Developing-country household surveys
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Developing-country household surveys datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/developing-country-household-surveys.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 48 archived papers mentioned Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Dec 2025 (4).
- Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys was mentioned in 1 paper in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #165 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Health Economics and Policy (1).
- Most of them appeared in Health Policy OPEN (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys was mentioned in 62 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in health economics and policy (31), economics (19) and higher education and research (7).
- 18 of them were published in 2025, against 2 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were London School of Economics and Political Science (4), McGill University (3) and Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (3).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Journal of Educational Development (7), World Development (6) and Journal of Population Economics (5).
- The most-cited of them is “The proper application of logistic regression model in complex survey data: a systematic review” (BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2025), with 131 citations.
- Papers use Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys most often with Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) (32), IPUMS (3) and Night-time lights (VIIRS, DMSP) (3); it has 4 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 20 | 13 | 15 | 48 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [International Journal of Educational Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-development.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [Journal of Population Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-population-economics.md) | 5 |
| 4 | [Social Science & Medicine](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/social-science-medicine.md) | 4 |
| 5 | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 4 |
| 6 | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | 3 |
| 7 | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [International Journal for Equity in Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-for-equity-in-health.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Population Health Metrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/population-health-metrics.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Health Policy OPEN](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy-open.md) | 2 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [London School of Economics and Political Science](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/london-school-of-economics-and-political-science.md) | 4 |
| 2 | [McGill University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/mcgill-university.md) | 3 |
| 3 | Shahjalal University of Science and Technology | 3 |
| 4 | Daffodil International University | 2 |
| 5 | International Food Policy Research Institute | 2 |
| 6 | [New York University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/new-york-university.md) | 2 |
| 7 | New York University Abu Dhabi | 2 |
| 8 | University of Ghana | 2 |
| 9 | [University of Glasgow](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-glasgow.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [University of Groningen](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-groningen.md) | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 15 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 13 |
| 3 | Germany | 6 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 5 |
| 5 | Canada | 5 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 5 |
| 7 | Italy | 4 |
| 8 | Ghana | 3 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| 10 | Australia | 2 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys | 6 |
| 2 | [sub-Saharan Africa](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sub-saharan-africa.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [educational attainment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/educational-attainment.md) | 5 |
| 4 | [human capital](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/human-capital.md) | 5 |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 4 |
| 6 | household wealth | 4 |
| 7 | [low- and middle-income countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/low-and-middle-income-countries.md) | 4 |
| 8 | Malawi | 3 |
| 9 | Nigeria | 3 |
| 10 | child health | 3 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 131 | 6.1 | [The proper application of logistic regression model in complex survey data: a systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-024-02454-5) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | 2025-01-22 | Devjit Dey, Md. Samio Haque, Md. Mojahedul Islam et al. |
| 2 | 56 | 1.6 | [Overcoming the challenges facing Nepal’s health system during federalisation: an analysis of health system building blocks](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-023-01033-2) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 2023-11-02 | Sharada Prasad Wasti, Edwin van Teijlingen, Simon Rushton et al. |
| 3 | 40 | 1.2 | [The glass of milk half-empty? Dairy development and nutrition in low and middle income countries](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102585) | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 2024-01-01 | Derek Headey, Harold Alderman, John Frederick Hoddinott et al. |
| 4 | 25 | 0.9 | [Is temperature adversely related to economic development? Evidence on the short-run and the long-run links from sub-national data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107758) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2024-07-10 | Daniel Meierrieks, David Stadelmann |
| 5 | 25 | 1.1 | [Evaluating the current methodological practices and issues in existing literature in pooling complex surveys: a systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-024-02400-5) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | 2024-11-13 | Md. Sabbir Ahmed Mayen, Salwa Nawsheen Nisha, Sumya Afrin et al. |

## Used together with

Papers use Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys most often with Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) (32), IPUMS (3) and Night-time lights (VIIRS, DMSP) (3); it has 4 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/demographic-and-health-surveys-dhs.md) | Dataset | 32 | 63.1 |
| [IPUMS](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/ipums.md) | Dataset | 3 | 15.4 |
| [Night-time lights (VIIRS, DMSP)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/night-time-lights-viirs-dmsp.md) | Dataset | 3 | 6.8 |
| [World Development Indicators (World Bank)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-development-indicators-world-bank.md) | Dataset | 3 | 2.5 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | [Building climate-resilient health systems for the displaced: health information systems and the statistical invisibility of climate-related mobility in sub-Saharan Africa](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2026.100187) | [Health Policy OPEN](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy-open.md) | R. Leone, Y. Ouattara, Livia Tognaccini et al. | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; Sapienza University of Rome; Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/multiple-indicator-cluster-surveys

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/multiple-indicator-cluster-surveys}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).