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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#9 of 2,764)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (98th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
66 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs
twitter
10 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page

Readers on

mendeley
91 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Digital contact does not promote wellbeing, but face-to-face contact does: A cross-national survey during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in
New Media & Society, December 2021
DOI 10.1177/14614448211062164
Pubmed ID
Authors

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X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 91 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 11 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 8%
Researcher 5 5%
Lecturer 4 4%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 4%
Other 14 15%
Unknown 46 51%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 14 15%
Psychology 13 14%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 3%
Computer Science 3 3%
Engineering 3 3%
Other 8 9%
Unknown 47 52%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 429. 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 12 October 2026.
All research outputs
#85,452
of 34,583,980 outputs
Outputs from New Media & Society
#9
of 2,764 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,184
of 564,560 outputs
Outputs of similar age from New Media & Society
#1
of 50 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,583,980 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 2,764 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 23.2. 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 564,560 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 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 50 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 98% of its contemporaries.