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Age is no barrier: predictors of academic success in older learners

Overview of attention for article published in npj Science of Learning, November 2017
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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 (93rd percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (60th percentile)

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2 news outlets
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17 X users
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3 Redditors

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Article details
Title
Age is no barrier: predictors of academic success in older learners
Published in
npj Science of Learning, November 2017
DOI 10.1038/s41539-017-0014-5
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 120 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 13%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Student > Master 10 8%
Other 9 8%
Researcher 8 7%
Other 16 13%
Unknown 50 42%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 15 13%
Neuroscience 7 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 6%
Arts and Humanities 5 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 3%
Other 28 23%
Unknown 54 45%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. 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 29 September 2026.
All research outputs
#1,702,764
of 34,609,551 outputs
Outputs from npj Science of Learning
#109
of 370 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#25,161
of 370,654 outputs
Outputs of similar age from npj Science of Learning
#2
of 5 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,609,551 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 370 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 50.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 70% 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 370,654 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 93% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 5 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has scored higher than 3 of them.