Background Recruitment of health research participants through social media is becoming
more common. In the United States, 80% of adults use at least one social media platform …

Background While the advantages of using the internet and social media for research
recruitment are well documented, the evolving online environment also enhances …

ABSTRACT COVID-19 has intensified the use of internet-mediated research for reaching
historically underrepresented minorities (URMs) and other diverse groups. Preventing and …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has been recognized to provide rare insight to
advance the scientific understanding of early life adversity, such as material hardship …

Background To assess the impact of COVID-19 on cancer survivors, we fielded a survey
promoted via email and social media in winter 2020. Examination of the data showed …

Online studies enable researchers to recruit large, diverse samples, but the nature of these
studies provides an opportunity for applicants to misrepresent themselves to increase the …

Web‐based studies of human dimensions are increasing across environmental and socio‐
ecological disciplines. However, the prevalence of fraud threatens research quality …

Background Evaluating digital interventions using remote methods enables the recruitment
of large numbers of participants relatively conveniently and cheaply compared with in …

Background Web-based surveys increase access to study participation and improve
opportunities to reach diverse populations. However, web-based surveys are vulnerable to …

Nicotine and tobacco researchers have been increasingly using online methods to conduct
research, but this became a practical necessity following the COVID-19 pandemic and the …