Citing SurveyCircle in academic research

If you have used SurveyCircle to recruit study participants, it would be great if you could cite us in your paper.

As there are many different styles of citation, you should primarily follow the guidelines of your university, university chair or supervisor when citing SurveyCircle. However, for your orientation, we have put together some suggestions based on the APA style.


Citation Examples


In-text:

  • The study participants were recruited through the online research platform SurveyCircle (SurveyCircle, 2024).
  • Among other methods, the study participants were recruited through the online research platform SurveyCircle (SurveyCircle, 2024).
  • The online research platform SurveyCircle was used for the recruitment of survey participants (SurveyCircle, 2024).
  • We used SurveyCircle (SurveyCircle, 2024) to recruit participants for our study. Data was collected between [Date] and [Date].


In the list of references:

  • SurveyCircle (2024). Research website SurveyCircle. Published 2016. Available at https://www.surveycircle.com. Access on [Date]. Mannheim, Germany.


General Information on SurveyCircle


Name of platform: SurveyCircle
Company name: SurveyCircle
Location: Mannheim, Deutschland
Founding year: 2016
Website: https://www.surveycircle.com

Note: If you need to refer to SurveyCircle in an ethics application please link to our website: https://www.surveycircle.com