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The sexist algorithm

Overview of attention for article published in Behavioral Sciences & the Law, March 2019
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  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (59th percentile)

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Article details
Title
The sexist algorithm
Published in
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, March 2019
DOI 10.1002/bsl.2406
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 71 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 15 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 11%
Student > Master 7 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 8%
Other 4 6%
Other 5 7%
Unknown 26 37%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 12 17%
Social Sciences 12 17%
Computer Science 6 8%
Arts and Humanities 3 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 3%
Other 8 11%
Unknown 28 39%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 06 November 2022.
All research outputs
#9,625,057
of 29,688,655 outputs
Outputs from Behavioral Sciences & the Law
#397
of 807 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#144,829
of 371,436 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Behavioral Sciences & the Law
#9
of 12 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 29,688,655 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 66th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 807 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 50% 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 371,436 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 59% 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 is in the 25th percentile – i.e., 25% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.