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Delineating the dimensions of social support on social networking sites and their effects: A comparative model

Overview of attention for article published in Computers in Human Behavior, May 2016
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Title
Delineating the dimensions of social support on social networking sites and their effects: A comparative model
Published in
Computers in Human Behavior, May 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.chb.2016.01.017
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 242 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 35 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 22 9%
Student > Master 19 8%
Lecturer 11 5%
Student > Bachelor 11 5%
Other 47 19%
Unknown 99 41%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 41 17%
Computer Science 24 10%
Social Sciences 21 9%
Psychology 20 8%
Engineering 5 2%
Other 27 11%
Unknown 106 43%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 26 September 2025.
All research outputs
#20,916,905
of 32,056,643 outputs
Outputs from Computers in Human Behavior
#3,387
of 4,860 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#187,113
of 325,785 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Computers in Human Behavior
#69
of 105 outputs
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