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Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: A Reassessment: Comment

Overview of attention for article published in American Economic Review, February 2005
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (95th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: A Reassessment: Comment
Published in
American Economic Review, February 2005
DOI 10.1257/0002828053828644
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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 293 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 5 2%
Switzerland 3 1%
France 2 <1%
Taiwan 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Other 2 <1%
Unknown 275 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 92 31%
Researcher 46 16%
Professor > Associate Professor 30 10%
Student > Master 23 8%
Professor 18 6%
Other 42 14%
Unknown 42 14%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 104 35%
Business, Management and Accounting 83 28%
Social Sciences 25 9%
Computer Science 5 2%
Engineering 5 2%
Other 17 6%
Unknown 54 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. 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 01 October 2024.
All research outputs
#2,912,205
of 33,059,767 outputs
Outputs from American Economic Review
#2,169
of 4,708 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,241
of 211,642 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Economic Review
#20
of 26 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 4,708 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 39.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 51% of its peers.
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