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The long shadow of the past: How Irish history shapes attitudes towards the Israel–Palestine conflict

Overview of attention for article published in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, August 2026
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#30 of 867)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (94th percentile)

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Article details
Title
The long shadow of the past: How Irish history shapes attitudes towards the Israel–Palestine conflict
Published in
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, August 2026
DOI 10.1177/13691481261465911
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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 75. 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 15 October 2026.
All research outputs
#724,137
of 34,591,678 outputs
Outputs from The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
#30
of 867 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#5,683
of 344,425 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
#1
of 17 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,591,678 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 867 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.4. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% 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 344,425 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 98% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 17 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 94% of its contemporaries.