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Where a is Ordinary: The Evolution of American College and University Grading, 1940-2009

Overview of attention for article published in Teachers College Record, July 2012
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#12 of 823)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (85th percentile)

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news
8 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
wikipedia
2 Wikipedia pages
bluesky
1 Bluesky user
podcasts
1 podcast

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Article details
Title
Where a is Ordinary: The Evolution of American College and University Grading, 1940-2009
Published in
Teachers College Record, July 2012
DOI 10.1177/016146811211400707
Authors

Stuart Rojstaczer, Christopher Healy

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 5 5%
Canada 2 2%
Unknown 103 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 20%
Researcher 9 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 9 8%
Other 8 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 7%
Other 22 20%
Unknown 32 29%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 36 33%
Psychology 8 7%
Business, Management and Accounting 6 5%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 5 5%
Arts and Humanities 4 4%
Other 16 15%
Unknown 35 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 83. 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 31 October 2026.
All research outputs
#652,673
of 34,760,265 outputs
Outputs from Teachers College Record
#12
of 823 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,792
of 213,185 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Teachers College Record
#1
of 7 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,760,265 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 823 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.3. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its peers.
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