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Getting closer to the goal by being less capable

Overview of attention for article published in Science Advances, February 2019
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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 (94th percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (52nd percentile)

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4 news outlets
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11 X users
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1 Facebook page
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1 Redditor

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Article details
Title
Getting closer to the goal by being less capable
Published in
Science Advances, February 2019
DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aau5902
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 45 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 22%
Professor 5 11%
Other 3 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 4%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 8 18%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 7 16%
Computer Science 6 13%
Physics and Astronomy 5 11%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 4%
Other 10 22%
Unknown 12 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 40. 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 12 April 2022.
All research outputs
#1,273,137
of 33,148,248 outputs
Outputs from Science Advances
#7,342
of 18,312 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#23,851
of 477,541 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science Advances
#119
of 251 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,148,248 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 18,312 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 102.8. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 59% 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 477,541 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 94% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 251 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 52% of its contemporaries.