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Because of the Pixels: On the History, Form, and Influence of MS Paint

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Visual Culture, December 2014
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#8 of 232)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (63rd percentile)

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news
4 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
18 X users
facebook
2 Facebook pages
wikipedia
3 Wikipedia pages

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mendeley
51 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Because of the Pixels: On the History, Form, and Influence of MS Paint
Published in
Journal of Visual Culture, December 2014
DOI 10.1177/1470412914544539
Authors

Patrick Davison

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Brazil 1 2%
Australia 1 2%
Unknown 48 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 16%
Student > Bachelor 7 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 14%
Other 4 8%
Researcher 4 8%
Other 10 20%
Unknown 11 22%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Arts and Humanities 14 27%
Social Sciences 8 16%
Computer Science 5 10%
Philosophy 4 8%
Design 3 6%
Other 6 12%
Unknown 11 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 56. 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 13 October 2026.
All research outputs
#891,862
of 29,534,946 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Visual Culture
#8
of 232 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#9,773
of 376,773 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Visual Culture
#4
of 11 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 29,534,946 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 232 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% 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 376,773 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 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 11 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% of its contemporaries.