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Observing places: using space and material culture in qualitative research

Overview of attention for article published in Qualitative Research, November 2008
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (80th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Observing places: using space and material culture in qualitative research
Published in
Qualitative Research, November 2008
DOI 10.1177/1468794108093899
Authors

Paddy O'Toole, Prisca Were

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United Kingdom 4 2%
Brazil 2 1%
South Africa 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Saudi Arabia 1 <1%
Poland 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Malaysia 1 <1%
Kuwait 1 <1%
Other 7 4%
Unknown 180 90%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 43 22%
Student > Master 34 17%
Researcher 20 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 14 7%
Professor 14 7%
Other 46 23%
Unknown 29 14%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 90 45%
Business, Management and Accounting 25 13%
Arts and Humanities 25 13%
Design 7 4%
Psychology 4 2%
Other 17 9%
Unknown 32 16%
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 10 August 2026.
All research outputs
#5,932,512
of 34,020,007 outputs
Outputs from Qualitative Research
#191
of 799 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#26,703
of 148,182 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Qualitative Research
#1
of 1 outputs
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