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Invention and the life course: Age differences in patenting

Overview of attention for article published in Research Policy, January 2023
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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 (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (91st percentile)

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5 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
policy
2 policy sources
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3 X users
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1 podcast

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Article details
Title
Invention and the life course: Age differences in patenting
Published in
Research Policy, January 2023
DOI 10.1016/j.respol.2022.104629
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 73 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 22%
Researcher 5 7%
Other 4 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 4%
Student > Master 3 4%
Other 9 12%
Unknown 33 45%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 13 18%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 12 16%
Social Sciences 4 5%
Arts and Humanities 2 3%
Decision Sciences 2 3%
Other 7 10%
Unknown 33 45%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 60. 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 14 June 2026.
All research outputs
#866,311
of 32,954,311 outputs
Outputs from Research Policy
#119
of 3,028 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#16,297
of 519,284 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Research Policy
#4
of 49 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,954,311 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 3,028 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.8. 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 519,284 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 49 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 91% of its contemporaries.