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In the race for knowledge, is human capital the most essential element?

Overview of attention for article published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, July 2020
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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 (86th percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (64th percentile)

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Article details
Title
In the race for knowledge, is human capital the most essential element?
Published in
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, July 2020
DOI 10.1057/s41599-020-0521-5
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 59 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 8%
Lecturer 4 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 5%
Student > Bachelor 3 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 5%
Other 7 12%
Unknown 34 58%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7 12%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 7%
Social Sciences 3 5%
Arts and Humanities 2 3%
Computer Science 2 3%
Other 6 10%
Unknown 35 59%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. 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 25 October 2024.
All research outputs
#2,926,377
of 34,307,719 outputs
Outputs from Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
#608
of 4,072 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#60,376
of 459,294 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
#25
of 71 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 91st percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 4,072 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 17.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 85% 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 459,294 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 86% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 71 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 64% of its contemporaries.