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Factors contributing to high PhD completion rates: a case study in a research-intensive university in New Zealand

Overview of attention for article published in Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, March 2017
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#36 of 1,050)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

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7 news outlets
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2 blogs
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Article details
Title
Factors contributing to high PhD completion rates: a case study in a research-intensive university in New Zealand
Published in
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, March 2017
DOI 10.1080/02602938.2017.1298717
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 157 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 35 22%
Student > Doctoral Student 14 9%
Student > Master 14 9%
Researcher 14 9%
Lecturer 9 6%
Other 33 21%
Unknown 39 25%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 48 30%
Business, Management and Accounting 16 10%
Arts and Humanities 14 9%
Engineering 7 4%
Psychology 6 4%
Other 27 17%
Unknown 40 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 70. 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 18 January 2022.
All research outputs
#771,203
of 34,372,222 outputs
Outputs from Assessment &amp; Evaluation in Higher Education
#36
of 1,050 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,033
of 352,118 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Assessment &amp; Evaluation in Higher Education
#1
of 10 outputs
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