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‘Somewhere between science and superstition’: Religious outrage, horrific science, and The Exorcist (1973)

Overview of attention for article published in History of the Human Sciences, May 2021
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#3 of 622)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (92nd percentile)

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news
15 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
24 X users
wikipedia
2 Wikipedia pages
reddit
6 Redditors
video
1 YouTube creator
bluesky
1 Bluesky user
podcasts
3 podcasts

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mendeley
49 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
‘Somewhere between science and superstition’: Religious outrage, horrific science, and The Exorcist (1973)
Published in
History of the Human Sciences, May 2021
DOI 10.1177/09526951211004465
Pubmed ID
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 49 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 3 6%
Lecturer 2 4%
Unspecified 1 2%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 39 80%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Arts and Humanities 4 8%
Unspecified 1 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 2%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 2%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 40 82%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 168. 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 04 October 2026.
All research outputs
#305,807
of 34,603,176 outputs
Outputs from History of the Human Sciences
#3
of 622 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#6,899
of 483,612 outputs
Outputs of similar age from History of the Human Sciences
#1
of 14 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,603,176 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 622 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.4. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% 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 483,612 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 14 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 92% of its contemporaries.