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The Validity of Polygraph Testing

Overview of attention for article published in American Psychologist, March 1985
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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 (93rd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (83rd percentile)

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1 policy source
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2 X users
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3 patents
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1 Wikipedia page
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3 Redditors

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61 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
The Validity of Polygraph Testing
Published in
American Psychologist, March 1985
DOI 10.1037/0003-066x.40.3.355
Authors

Leonard Saxe, Denise Dougherty, Theodore Cross

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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
United Kingdom 1 2%
Unknown 59 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 25%
Student > Bachelor 12 20%
Researcher 7 11%
Student > Master 6 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 5%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 14 23%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 22 36%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 5%
Computer Science 3 5%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 3%
Neuroscience 2 3%
Other 11 18%
Unknown 18 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. 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 31 October 2023.
All research outputs
#3,926,974
of 32,332,113 outputs
Outputs from American Psychologist
#920
of 3,661 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#822
of 13,509 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Psychologist
#2
of 12 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,332,113 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 87th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,661 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 24.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 75% 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 13,509 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 12 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 83% of its contemporaries.