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Racist humor: then and now

Overview of attention for article published in Sociology Compass, October 2016
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (93rd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

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3 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
2 X users

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35 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Racist humor: then and now
Published in
Sociology Compass, October 2016
DOI 10.1111/soc4.12411
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 35 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 17%
Student > Bachelor 5 14%
Student > Master 5 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 9%
Researcher 2 6%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 13 37%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 10 29%
Psychology 7 20%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Linguistics 1 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 14 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. 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 28 July 2022.
All research outputs
#1,258,513
of 28,766,646 outputs
Outputs from Sociology Compass
#80
of 1,110 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#20,171
of 316,140 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Sociology Compass
#2
of 21 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,110 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 92% of its peers.
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