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The Shape of Bigfoot: Transmuting Absences into Credible Knowledge Claims

Overview of attention for article published in Cultural Sociology, August 2024
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#38 of 487)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (93rd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (83rd percentile)

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blogs
1 blog
twitter
14 X users
reddit
3 Redditors
bluesky
11 Bluesky users
podcasts
1 podcast

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mendeley
3 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
The Shape of Bigfoot: Transmuting Absences into Credible Knowledge Claims
Published in
Cultural Sociology, August 2024
DOI 10.1177/17499755241264879
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 3 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 1 33%
Unknown 2 67%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 1 33%
Unknown 2 67%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. 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 26 October 2026.
All research outputs
#1,702,302
of 34,601,261 outputs
Outputs from Cultural Sociology
#38
of 487 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#20,751
of 337,568 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cultural Sociology
#2
of 12 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,601,261 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 487 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.5. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 92% 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 337,568 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 93% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 12 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 83% of its contemporaries.