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Scientific reform, citation politics and the bureaucracy of oblivion

Overview of attention for article published in Quantitative Science Studies, November 2023
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2 X users
peer_reviews
1 peer review site
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5 Bluesky users

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Article details
Title
Scientific reform, citation politics and the bureaucracy of oblivion
Published in
Quantitative Science Studies, November 2023
DOI 10.1162/qss_c_00274
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 6 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 3 50%
Lecturer 1 17%
Unknown 2 33%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Arts and Humanities 2 33%
Computer Science 1 17%
Social Sciences 1 17%
Engineering 1 17%
Unknown 1 17%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. 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 01 April 2026.
All research outputs
#9,413,682
of 34,364,397 outputs
Outputs from Quantitative Science Studies
#237
of 436 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#101,178
of 398,018 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Quantitative Science Studies
#13
of 22 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,364,397 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 436 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 25.3. This one is in the 44th percentile – i.e., 44% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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 398,018 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 74% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 22 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 36th percentile – i.e., 36% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.