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| Title |
Consumer protection in the telecommunication sector: A comparative institutional analysis of five African countries
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Telecommunications Policy, August 2019
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.telpol.2019.02.002 |
| Authors |
Hilda Jacob Mwakatumbula, Goodiel Charles Moshi, Hitoshi Mitomo |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 40% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Scientists | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 52 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 52 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 21 | 40% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting | 13 | 25% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 12% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 10% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 21 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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.
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#7,267,105
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#246
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#122,904
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Outputs of similar age from Telecommunications Policy
#3
of 9 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,385,509 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 71st percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 794 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 68% of its peers.
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