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News, Noise, and Fluctuations: An Empirical Exploration

Overview of attention for article published in American Economic Review, December 2013
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (92nd percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (58th percentile)

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147 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
News, Noise, and Fluctuations: An Empirical Exploration
Published in
American Economic Review, December 2013
DOI 10.1257/aer.103.7.3045
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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 147 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 3 2%
Singapore 1 <1%
Hong Kong 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Unknown 140 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 51 35%
Researcher 19 13%
Student > Master 11 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 11 7%
Professor 9 6%
Other 24 16%
Unknown 22 15%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 108 73%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 3%
Social Sciences 3 2%
Computer Science 1 <1%
Engineering 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 29 20%
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 29 August 2024.
All research outputs
#2,853,900
of 32,563,107 outputs
Outputs from American Economic Review
#2,130
of 4,693 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#28,099
of 365,441 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Economic Review
#14
of 34 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,563,107 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 90th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 4,693 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 39.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 52% 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 365,441 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 92% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 34 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 58% of its contemporaries.