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Explanation as Orgasm*

Overview of attention for article published in Minds and Machines, February 1998
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#6 of 337)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (80th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
9 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
14 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page
googleplus
1 Google+ user

Citations

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183 Dimensions

Readers on

mendeley
135 Mendeley
citeulike
4 CiteULike
Title
Explanation as Orgasm*
Published in
Minds and Machines, February 1998
DOI 10.1023/a:1008290415597
Authors

Alison Gopnik

X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 135 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 5 4%
Germany 2 1%
United Kingdom 2 1%
Spain 2 1%
Canada 2 1%
Austria 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 117 87%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 40 30%
Student > Master 18 13%
Professor 14 10%
Researcher 13 10%
Other 8 6%
Other 29 21%
Unknown 13 10%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 43 32%
Philosophy 24 18%
Social Sciences 14 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 4%
Computer Science 6 4%
Other 23 17%
Unknown 19 14%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 93. 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 09 September 2023.
All research outputs
#464,070
of 25,732,188 outputs
Outputs from Minds and Machines
#6
of 337 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#275
of 95,754 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Minds and Machines
#1
of 5 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,732,188 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 337 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.6. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its peers.
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