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We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research

Overview of attention for article published in Qualitative Inquiry, December 2025
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#1 of 1,066)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

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news
10 news outlets
blogs
3 blogs
twitter
68 X users
reddit
3 Redditors
bluesky
306 Bluesky users

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mendeley
216 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research
Published in
Qualitative Inquiry, December 2025
DOI 10.1177/10778004251401851
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 216 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 32 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 31 14%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 11 5%
Student > Master 11 5%
Professor > Associate Professor 11 5%
Other 42 19%
Unknown 78 36%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 49 23%
Psychology 19 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 14 6%
Unspecified 8 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 3%
Other 34 16%
Unknown 85 39%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 373. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 October 2026.
All research outputs
#107,211
of 34,602,467 outputs
Outputs from Qualitative Inquiry
#1
of 1,066 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#920
of 376,306 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Qualitative Inquiry
#1
of 11 outputs
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