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WHEN DEMOCRACY DISAPPEARS

Overview of attention for article published in Du Bois Review, December 2018
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#13 of 422)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (85th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
3 news outlets
twitter
17 X users
bluesky
71 Bluesky users

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mendeley
14 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
WHEN DEMOCRACY DISAPPEARS
Published in
Du Bois Review, December 2018
DOI 10.1017/s1742058x18000255
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 14 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 3 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 21%
Student > Bachelor 1 7%
Professor 1 7%
Student > Master 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 4 29%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 3 21%
Arts and Humanities 2 14%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 7%
Psychology 1 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 5 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 93. 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 13 December 2025.
All research outputs
#578,721
of 34,435,279 outputs
Outputs from Du Bois Review
#13
of 422 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#9,979
of 487,592 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Du Bois Review
#1
of 7 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,435,279 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 422 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% 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 487,592 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 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 7 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has scored higher than all of them