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An Integrative Definition and Framework to Study Gossip

Overview of attention for article published in Group & Organization Management, March 2021
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#13 of 723)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (93rd percentile)

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news
18 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
11 X users
video
1 YouTube creator
podcasts
1 podcast

Readers on

mendeley
157 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
An Integrative Definition and Framework to Study Gossip
Published in
Group & Organization Management, March 2021
DOI 10.1177/1059601121992887
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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 157 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 12 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 7%
Student > Bachelor 11 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 6%
Lecturer 6 4%
Other 12 8%
Unknown 96 61%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 17 11%
Psychology 12 8%
Social Sciences 10 6%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4 3%
Computer Science 2 1%
Other 10 6%
Unknown 102 65%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 170. 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 November 2026.
All research outputs
#303,140
of 34,838,592 outputs
Outputs from Group & Organization Management
#13
of 723 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,143
of 482,777 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Group & Organization Management
#1
of 15 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,838,592 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 723 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.8. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% 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 482,777 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 15 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% of its contemporaries.