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Serial Killers

Overview of attention for article published in Contexts, June 2018
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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)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (82nd percentile)

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news
1 news outlet
blogs
1 blog
twitter
15 X users
reddit
5 Redditors
bluesky
2 Bluesky users
podcasts
1 podcast

Readers on

mendeley
27 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Serial Killers & Their Easy Prey
Published in
Contexts, June 2018
DOI 10.1177/1536504218776961
Authors

Jooyoung Lee, Sasha Reid

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 27 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 8 30%
Student > Master 4 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 7%
Other 1 4%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 4%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 9 33%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 7 26%
Psychology 4 15%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 4%
Arts and Humanities 1 4%
Linguistics 1 4%
Other 4 15%
Unknown 9 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. 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 20 August 2026.
All research outputs
#1,440,663
of 34,351,437 outputs
Outputs from Contexts
#74
of 986 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#23,381
of 374,114 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Contexts
#3
of 17 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,351,437 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 986 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.5. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 92% 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 374,114 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 17 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 82% of its contemporaries.