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| Title |
The Case for Public Policy Expertise in Political Science
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PS, Political Science & Politics, February 2019
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| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096519000015 |
| Authors |
Veronica Herrera, Alison E. Post |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 26 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 54% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 8% |
| Sweden | 1 | 4% |
| Mexico | 1 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 7 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 13 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 12 | 46% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 30 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 30 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 30% |
| Researcher | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Unknown | 9 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 15 | 50% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 10% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 11 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. 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 14 August 2019.
All research outputs
#1,683,141
of 25,394,764 outputs
Outputs from PS, Political Science & Politics
#280
of 1,875 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#38,744
of 367,535 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PS, Political Science & Politics
#6
of 22 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,394,764 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 93rd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,875 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.9. This one has done well, scoring higher than 85% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 367,535 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 89% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 22 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% of its contemporaries.