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Heat and Learning

Overview of attention for article published in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, May 2020
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#1 of 905)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
216 news outlets
blogs
16 blogs
policy
13 policy sources
twitter
213 X users
reddit
15 Redditors
bluesky
1 Bluesky user
podcasts
1 podcast

Readers on

mendeley
328 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Heat and Learning
Published in
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, May 2020
DOI 10.1257/pol.20180612
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 328 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 328 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 41 13%
Student > Master 29 9%
Researcher 28 9%
Student > Bachelor 19 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 13 4%
Other 53 16%
Unknown 145 44%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 54 16%
Social Sciences 23 7%
Engineering 17 5%
Environmental Science 16 5%
Unspecified 11 3%
Other 57 17%
Unknown 150 46%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1970. 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 18 September 2026.
All research outputs
#5,661
of 34,351,737 outputs
Outputs from American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
#1
of 905 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#321
of 437,353 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
#1
of 11 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,351,737 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 905 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 53.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% 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 437,353 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 99% of its contemporaries.
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.