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Hidden Labor in Chinese-Contracted AI Training: Data Annotation Workers in Cross-Border Outsourcing Networks

Overview of attention for article published in Global Media and China, July 2026
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (86th percentile)

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Title
Hidden Labor in Chinese-Contracted AI Training: Data Annotation Workers in Cross-Border Outsourcing Networks
Published in
Global Media and China, July 2026
DOI 10.1177/20594364261469825
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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. 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 October 2026.
All research outputs
#6,156,173
of 34,641,161 outputs
Outputs from Global Media and China
#58
of 273 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#43,389
of 349,436 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Global Media and China
#1
of 3 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,641,161 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 81st percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 273 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 76% 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 349,436 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 86% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 3 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