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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)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (97th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
6 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs

Readers on

mendeley
38 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Unveiling local climate action: a case study of mitigation efforts in Gauteng’s West Rand District Municipality, South Africa
Published in
Climate Policy, September 2024
DOI 10.1080/14693062.2024.2401851
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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 38 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 13%
Other 4 11%
Student > Master 4 11%
Lecturer 3 8%
Student > Bachelor 3 8%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 15 39%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Arts and Humanities 3 8%
Environmental Science 3 8%
Social Sciences 3 8%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 5%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 5%
Other 8 21%
Unknown 17 45%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 55. 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 10 December 2024.
All research outputs
#873,035
of 28,649,717 outputs
Outputs from Climate Policy
#126
of 1,428 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,366
of 315,310 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Climate Policy
#1
of 36 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 1,428 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 24.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% 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 315,310 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 36 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 97% of its contemporaries.