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A Social Norms Approach to Legitimacy

Overview of attention for article published in American Behavioral Scientist, October 2009
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Article details
Title
A Social Norms Approach to Legitimacy
Published in
American Behavioral Scientist, October 2009
DOI 10.1177/0002764209338799
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Germany 2 4%
Italy 1 2%
United Kingdom 1 2%
Brazil 1 2%
Unknown 50 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 20%
Student > Master 9 16%
Researcher 8 15%
Professor > Associate Professor 5 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 11 20%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 28 51%
Psychology 7 13%
Environmental Science 3 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 4%
Computer Science 2 4%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 10 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 24 June 2026.
All research outputs
#7,656,056
of 23,308,124 outputs
Outputs from American Behavioral Scientist
#803
of 1,604 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#33,854
of 94,643 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Behavioral Scientist
#6
of 9 outputs
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