| Title |
What do the scientists think about the impact factor?
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Scientometrics, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11192-012-0676-y |
| Authors |
Gualberto Buela-Casal, Izabela Zych |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 58 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 7 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 9% |
| Sweden | 3 | 5% |
| France | 3 | 5% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Korea, Republic of | 2 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 17% |
| Unknown | 22 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 42 | 72% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 12% |
| Scientists | 7 | 12% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 125 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 7% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2% |
| Portugal | 2 | 2% |
| Mexico | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Slovenia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| Unknown | 99 | 79% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 17% |
| Researcher | 17 | 14% |
| Librarian | 15 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 10% |
| Professor | 12 | 10% |
| Other | 38 | 30% |
| Unknown | 10 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 20 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 12% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 12 | 10% |
| Psychology | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 34 | 27% |
| Unknown | 16 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 39. 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 18 July 2023.
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