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The Wonder of Insight: Scientists are finally getting a grasp on the aha! moment-how and when it happens and why it matters.

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific American, September 2025
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (89th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (71st percentile)

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Article details
Title
The Wonder of Insight: Scientists are finally getting a grasp on the aha! moment-how and when it happens and why it matters.
Published in
Scientific American, September 2025
DOI 10.1038/scientificamerican032025-3kjuplkekpevphrqrcga6r
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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. 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 13 April 2026.
All research outputs
#3,940,003
of 32,447,906 outputs
Outputs from Scientific American
#2,684
of 7,720 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#35,311
of 334,425 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Scientific American
#5
of 21 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,447,906 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 87th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 7,720 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 37.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 64% 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 334,425 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 89% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 21 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 71% of its contemporaries.