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Using the Language of NIMBY: A topic for research, not an activity for researchers

Overview of attention for article published in Local Environment, August 2010
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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 (91st percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Using the Language of NIMBY: A topic for research, not an activity for researchers
Published in
Local Environment, August 2010
DOI 10.1080/135498300113264
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 194 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 38 19%
Researcher 30 15%
Student > Master 28 14%
Student > Bachelor 21 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 10 5%
Other 30 15%
Unknown 43 22%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 68 34%
Environmental Science 18 9%
Energy 8 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 7 4%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7 4%
Other 37 19%
Unknown 55 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. 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 21 November 2025.
All research outputs
#3,190,017
of 34,601,984 outputs
Outputs from Local Environment
#101
of 948 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,633
of 151,639 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Local Environment
#4
of 40 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,601,984 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 90th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 948 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.9. This one has done well, scoring higher than 89% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 40 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.