↓ Skip to main content

Risk perceptions of COVID-19 around the world

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Risk Research, May 2020
Altmetric Badge

About this Attention Score

  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#1 of 801)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (97th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
138 news outlets
blogs
3 blogs
policy
10 policy sources
twitter
93 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page
wikipedia
1 Wikipedia page
bluesky
1 Bluesky user

Readers on

mendeley
2054 Mendeley

Login to access the Attention Digest and the Sentiment Analysis related to this output.

Timeline Attention over time Attention Score history

Loading chart data

Monthly Attention Score data from August 2022 to July 2025. Daily data from 25 July 2025.

An error occurred while generating this chart. Please try again later.

No score history available for this output yet. Please try again later.

Activity
Login to access the full charts related to this output.
X Demographics

X Demographics

The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 93 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 2,054 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Login to view Mendeley reader trends over time.

Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 2054 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 251 12%
Student > Bachelor 186 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 183 9%
Researcher 156 8%
Lecturer 114 6%
Other 332 16%
Unknown 832 41%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 248 12%
Psychology 182 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 129 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 115 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 97 5%
Other 361 18%
Unknown 922 45%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1204. 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 01 March 2026.
All research outputs
#14,449
of 34,307,719 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Risk Research
#1
of 801 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#628
of 441,146 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Risk Research
#1
of 35 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,307,719 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 801 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 16.1. 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 441,146 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 35 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 97% of its contemporaries.