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Storytelling: the soul of science communication

Overview of attention for article published in JCOM - Journal of Science Communication, October 2019
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#9 of 819)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (89th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
8 news outlets
blogs
3 blogs
twitter
47 X users
facebook
6 Facebook pages
reddit
1 Redditor
bluesky
1 Bluesky user

Readers on

mendeley
218 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Storytelling: the soul of science communication
Published in
JCOM - Journal of Science Communication, October 2019
DOI 10.22323/2.18050501
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X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 218 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 22 10%
Researcher 22 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 10%
Student > Bachelor 19 9%
Other 10 5%
Other 38 17%
Unknown 86 39%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 34 16%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 18 8%
Environmental Science 13 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 3%
Other 47 22%
Unknown 93 43%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 112. 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 22 February 2025.
All research outputs
#476,306
of 34,546,575 outputs
Outputs from JCOM - Journal of Science Communication
#9
of 819 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,245
of 399,330 outputs
Outputs of similar age from JCOM - Journal of Science Communication
#2
of 19 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,546,575 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 819 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% 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 399,330 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 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 19 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 89% of its contemporaries.