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Stepping out of the Ivory Tower: A Sociological Engagement in ‘The Cult Wars’

Overview of attention for article published in Methodological Innovations, April 2011
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Title
Stepping out of the Ivory Tower: A Sociological Engagement in ‘The Cult Wars’
Published in
Methodological Innovations, April 2011
DOI 10.4256/mio.2010.0026
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Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 6%
Canada 1 6%
Unknown 15 88%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 29%
Lecturer 3 18%
Student > Master 3 18%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 6%
Professor 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 3 18%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 9 53%
Arts and Humanities 2 12%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 6%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 6%
Psychology 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 3 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 26 October 2026.
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#8,537,346
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Outputs from Methodological Innovations
#112
of 197 outputs
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#44,883
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Outputs of similar age from Methodological Innovations
#2
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