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Age-Related Differences in Goals: Testing Predictions from Selection, Optimization, and Compensation Theory and Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

Overview of attention for article published in The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, April 2012
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#36 of 522)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Age-Related Differences in Goals: Testing Predictions from Selection, Optimization, and Compensation Theory and Socioemotional Selectivity Theory
Published in
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, April 2012
DOI 10.2190/ag.74.2.a
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 104 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 30 28%
Student > Bachelor 13 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 10%
Student > Master 9 8%
Researcher 9 8%
Other 13 12%
Unknown 24 22%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 48 44%
Social Sciences 12 11%
Business, Management and Accounting 10 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 3%
Arts and Humanities 2 2%
Other 6 6%
Unknown 28 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 44. 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 25 September 2026.
All research outputs
#1,186,842
of 34,405,952 outputs
Outputs from The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
#36
of 522 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#5,336
of 211,875 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
#1
of 3 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,405,952 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 522 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.5. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 92% of its peers.
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