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QAnon: The Calm Before the Storm

Overview of attention for article published in Society, March 2022
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#30 of 896)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (77th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
6 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
14 X users
wikipedia
3 Wikipedia pages
reddit
2 Redditors

Readers on

mendeley
75 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
QAnon: The Calm Before the Storm
Published in
Society, March 2022
DOI 10.1007/s12115-022-00688-x
Pubmed ID
Authors

Omi Hodwitz, Steff King, Jordan Thompson

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 1 1%
Singapore 1 1%
Unknown 73 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 15%
Student > Bachelor 10 13%
Student > Master 9 12%
Professor 7 9%
Researcher 7 9%
Other 10 13%
Unknown 21 28%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 13 17%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 7%
Engineering 5 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 5%
Other 18 24%
Unknown 23 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 71. 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 08 October 2025.
All research outputs
#759,601
of 34,306,620 outputs
Outputs from Society
#30
of 896 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,454
of 470,529 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Society
#4
of 18 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 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 896 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% 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 470,529 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 96% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 18 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% of its contemporaries.