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AIDS, Activism, and the Limits of Journalism: Remembering Randy Shilts

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Communication Inquiry, July 2026
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Title
AIDS, Activism, and the Limits of Journalism: Remembering Randy Shilts
Published in
Journal of Communication Inquiry, July 2026
DOI 10.1177/01968599261468282
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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 06 August 2026.
All research outputs
#9,310,457
of 33,872,748 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Communication Inquiry
#92
of 376 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#28,472
of 183,217 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Communication Inquiry
#1
of 2 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,872,748 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 71st percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 376 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.2. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 68% 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 183,217 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 82% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 2 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