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The bifurcation of the Nigerian cybercriminals: Narratives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) agents

Overview of attention for article published in Telematics & Informatics, July 2019
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#24 of 765)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

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news
8 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs
twitter
3 X users
wikipedia
3 Wikipedia pages

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90 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
The bifurcation of the Nigerian cybercriminals: Narratives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) agents
Published in
Telematics & Informatics, July 2019
DOI 10.1016/j.tele.2019.04.009
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 90 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 6 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 6%
Researcher 5 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 4%
Student > Master 4 4%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 54 60%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 9 10%
Computer Science 7 8%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 4%
Psychology 4 4%
Engineering 4 4%
Other 6 7%
Unknown 56 62%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 73. 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 19 June 2026.
All research outputs
#738,127
of 34,427,821 outputs
Outputs from Telematics & Informatics
#24
of 765 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,296
of 396,280 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Telematics & Informatics
#1
of 11 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,427,821 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 765 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 11 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 90% of its contemporaries.