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From the Black Brain Belts to the Wakanda Design Group: Black Science, Science Fiction, and Afrofuturism, 1945 to 2022

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Black Studies, October 2026
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Title
From the Black Brain Belts to the Wakanda Design Group: Black Science, Science Fiction, and Afrofuturism, 1945 to 2022
Published in
Journal of Black Studies, October 2026
DOI 10.1177/00219347261441805
Authors

Walter D. Greason

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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 23 October 2026.
All research outputs
#10,556,763
of 34,631,660 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Black Studies
#223
of 707 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#30,269
of 181,336 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Black Studies
#1
of 2 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,631,660 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 69th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 707 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.6. 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 181,336 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 83% 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