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Global patterns in the publishing of academic knowledge: Global North, global South

Overview of attention for article published in Current Sociology, November 2016
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#23 of 1,056)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (83rd percentile)

Mentioned by

news
4 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs
policy
1 policy source
twitter
42 X users
facebook
4 Facebook pages
wikipedia
1 Wikipedia page

Readers on

mendeley
346 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Global patterns in the publishing of academic knowledge: Global North, global South
Published in
Current Sociology, November 2016
DOI 10.1177/0011392116680020
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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 346 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 49 14%
Student > Master 33 10%
Researcher 30 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 23 7%
Lecturer 19 5%
Other 77 22%
Unknown 115 33%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 98 28%
Arts and Humanities 23 7%
Environmental Science 17 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 16 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 4%
Other 65 19%
Unknown 114 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 73. 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 21 July 2026.
All research outputs
#726,099
of 33,351,181 outputs
Outputs from Current Sociology
#23
of 1,056 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#11,115
of 443,887 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Current Sociology
#2
of 12 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,351,181 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,056 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.0. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% 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 443,887 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 12 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 83% of its contemporaries.