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Protecting the ego: Motivated information selection and updating

Overview of attention for article published in European Economic Review, February 2022
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#26 of 2,884)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (95th percentile)

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17 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
policy
1 policy source
twitter
7 X users

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32 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Protecting the ego: Motivated information selection and updating
Published in
European Economic Review, February 2022
DOI 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.104007
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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 32 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 22%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 9%
Student > Master 2 6%
Researcher 2 6%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 3%
Other 5 16%
Unknown 12 38%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 12 38%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 6%
Social Sciences 2 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Unknown 15 47%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 147. 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 01 May 2026.
All research outputs
#350,937
of 34,306,620 outputs
Outputs from European Economic Review
#26
of 2,884 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,155
of 564,377 outputs
Outputs of similar age from European Economic Review
#1
of 21 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,306,620 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,884 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 21 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 95% of its contemporaries.