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A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Social Media Exposure to Upward Comparison Targets on Self-Evaluations and Emotions

Overview of attention for article published in Media Psychology, February 2023
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#25 of 447)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
5 news outlets
blogs
3 blogs
twitter
50 X users

Citations

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8 Dimensions

Readers on

mendeley
30 Mendeley
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Title
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Social Media Exposure to Upward Comparison Targets on Self-Evaluations and Emotions
Published in
Media Psychology, February 2023
DOI 10.1080/15213269.2023.2180647
Authors

Carly A. McComb, Eric J. Vanman, Stephanie J. Tobin

X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 30 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 13%
Student > Bachelor 4 13%
Unspecified 3 10%
Lecturer 1 3%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 3%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 15 50%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 6 20%
Unspecified 2 7%
Social Sciences 2 7%
Computer Science 2 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 16 53%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 93. 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 10 January 2024.
All research outputs
#464,514
of 25,765,370 outputs
Outputs from Media Psychology
#25
of 447 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,799
of 428,195 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Media Psychology
#1
of 4 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,765,370 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 447 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 23.3. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% of its peers.
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