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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • Average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source

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12 news outlets
twitter
34 X users
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1 Facebook page
wikipedia
4 Wikipedia pages
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Article details
Title
Pacific people have been ‘pummelled and demeaned’ for too long – now they’re fighting back
Published by
The Conversation, August 2020
DOI 10.64628/aa.nnrs6cs4h
Authors

Nunn, Patrick, Kumar, Roselyn, Patrick D. Nunn, Roselyn Kumar

Abstract

The president of Kiribati plans to raise its low-lying islands to fight, not flee, sea level rise. Here's why it's an expression of human dignity.

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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 116. 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 24 August 2025.
All research outputs
#437,628
of 32,634,023 outputs
Outputs from The Conversation
#54,140
of 204,769 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,327
of 443,737 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Conversation
#659
of 1,005 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,634,023 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 204,769 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 99.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% 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 443,737 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 1,005 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 34th percentile – i.e., 34% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.