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Game-Theoretic analysis of the NFL playoff overtime coin toss decision: A Monte Carlo simulation approach

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Sports Analytics, July 2026
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Title
Game-Theoretic analysis of the NFL playoff overtime coin toss decision: A Monte Carlo simulation approach
Published in
Journal of Sports Analytics, July 2026
DOI 10.1177/22150218261471588
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. 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 18 October 2026.
All research outputs
#9,563,065
of 34,671,148 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Sports Analytics
#88
of 335 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#61,521
of 349,666 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Sports Analytics
#2
of 3 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,671,148 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 335 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% of its peers.
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