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Fatal attraction: Conceptual and methodological problems in the ranking of universities by bibliometric methods

Overview of attention for article published in Scientometrics, January 2005
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (80th percentile)

Mentioned by

blogs
2 blogs
policy
3 policy sources

Citations

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516 Dimensions

Readers on

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348 Mendeley
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5 CiteULike
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1 Connotea
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Title
Fatal attraction: Conceptual and methodological problems in the ranking of universities by bibliometric methods
Published in
Scientometrics, January 2005
DOI 10.1007/s11192-005-0008-6
Authors

Anthony F. J. van Raan

Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 348 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 4 1%
Germany 3 <1%
United States 3 <1%
France 3 <1%
Colombia 2 <1%
Poland 2 <1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 2 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Other 9 3%
Unknown 318 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 64 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 51 15%
Student > Master 39 11%
Librarian 29 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 27 8%
Other 93 27%
Unknown 45 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 107 31%
Business, Management and Accounting 51 15%
Computer Science 40 11%
Arts and Humanities 19 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 4%
Other 64 18%
Unknown 54 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. 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 30 January 2024.
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#1,925,007
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Outputs from Scientometrics
#359
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#4,447
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Outputs of similar age from Scientometrics
#1
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