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When, Why, and How Controversy Causes Conversation

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Consumer Research, October 2013
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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)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (61st percentile)

Mentioned by

news
4 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
policy
1 policy source
twitter
4 X users
patent
2 patents
facebook
1 Facebook page

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344 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
When, Why, and How Controversy Causes Conversation
Published in
Journal of Consumer Research, October 2013
DOI 10.1086/671465
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X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 6 2%
Germany 2 <1%
Vietnam 1 <1%
Singapore 1 <1%
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
China 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 329 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 83 24%
Student > Master 47 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 32 9%
Researcher 22 6%
Student > Bachelor 18 5%
Other 55 16%
Unknown 87 25%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 126 37%
Social Sciences 50 15%
Psychology 23 7%
Computer Science 13 4%
Arts and Humanities 8 2%
Other 24 7%
Unknown 100 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 47. 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 28 August 2024.
All research outputs
#1,019,102
of 28,649,717 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Consumer Research
#332
of 1,590 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,197
of 226,663 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Consumer Research
#5
of 13 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 28,649,717 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,590 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 41.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 79% 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 226,663 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 13 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 61% of its contemporaries.