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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (61st percentile)

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Article details
Title
The emerging threat of violent, exploitative digital ‘com networks’: what do we need to know?
Published by
The Conversation, August 2026
DOI 10.64628/aa.jktw56yut
Authors

Bricklyn Priebe, Larissa Christensen

Abstract

Perpetrators gradually build trust with young people before pressuring them to harm pets, siblings, or themselves.

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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 45. 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 23 August 2026.
All research outputs
#1,176,320
of 34,410,798 outputs
Outputs from The Conversation
#121,883
of 213,022 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,220
of 297,069 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Conversation
#1,861
of 4,891 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,410,798 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 213,022 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 99.0. This one is in the 42nd percentile – i.e., 42% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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 297,069 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 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 4,891 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 61% of its contemporaries.