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Fact-checking the COVID-19 Infodemic in Sub-Saharan Africa

Overview of attention for article published in African Journalism Studies, January 2024
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#14 of 224)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (95th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (80th percentile)

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5 news outlets

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14 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Fact-checking the COVID-19 Infodemic in Sub-Saharan Africa
Published in
African Journalism Studies, January 2024
DOI 10.1080/23743670.2024.2308896
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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 14 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 2 14%
Lecturer 1 7%
Student > Master 1 7%
Unknown 10 71%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 2 14%
Arts and Humanities 1 7%
Unknown 11 79%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 43. 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 March 2025.
All research outputs
#1,062,137
of 27,965,929 outputs
Outputs from African Journalism Studies
#14
of 224 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#18,884
of 410,716 outputs
Outputs of similar age from African Journalism Studies
#1
of 5 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 27,965,929 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 224 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% 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 410,716 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 95% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 5 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has scored higher than all of them