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From sucking worms to Windkessel: The physics of an early eighteenth century firefighting device

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Physics, February 2024
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#19 of 3,388)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (93rd percentile)

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Title
From sucking worms to Windkessel: The physics of an early eighteenth century firefighting device
Published in
American Journal of Physics, February 2024
DOI 10.1119/5.0147573
Authors

Don S. Lemons, Trevor C. Lipscombe

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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 132. 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 08 February 2024.
All research outputs
#320,761
of 25,779,988 outputs
Outputs from American Journal of Physics
#19
of 3,388 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,588
of 348,910 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Journal of Physics
#1
of 15 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,779,988 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 3,388 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% 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 348,910 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 98% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 15 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 93% of its contemporaries.