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What are you assessing when you measure “trust” in scientists with a direct measure?

Overview of attention for article published in Public Understanding of Science, April 2023
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#49 of 1,222)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (84th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
7 news outlets
twitter
27 X users
bluesky
2 Bluesky users
podcasts
1 podcast

Readers on

mendeley
42 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
What are you assessing when you measure “trust” in scientists with a direct measure?
Published in
Public Understanding of Science, April 2023
DOI 10.1177/09636625231161302
Pubmed ID
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 42 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 14%
Researcher 4 10%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 2 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 5%
Professor 2 5%
Other 7 17%
Unknown 19 45%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 8 19%
Psychology 3 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 5%
Philosophy 1 2%
Other 7 17%
Unknown 19 45%
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 August 2026.
All research outputs
#643,092
of 34,250,479 outputs
Outputs from Public Understanding of Science
#49
of 1,222 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#11,600
of 449,322 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Public Understanding of Science
#2
of 13 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,250,479 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 1,222 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 18.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 95% 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 449,322 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 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 13 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% of its contemporaries.