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Regression to the tail: Why the Olympics blow up

Overview of attention for article published in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, September 2020
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#1 of 2,331)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (95th percentile)

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news
218 news outlets
blogs
4 blogs
policy
3 policy sources
twitter
277 X users
wikipedia
3 Wikipedia pages
reddit
7 Redditors
bluesky
1 Bluesky user
podcasts
1 podcast

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mendeley
182 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Regression to the tail: Why the Olympics blow up
Published in
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, September 2020
DOI 10.1177/0308518x20958724
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 182 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 18 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 7%
Unspecified 11 6%
Lecturer 11 6%
Researcher 10 5%
Other 34 19%
Unknown 85 47%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 24 13%
Business, Management and Accounting 19 10%
Unspecified 11 6%
Engineering 10 5%
Sports and Recreations 10 5%
Other 16 9%
Unknown 92 51%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2008. 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 03 September 2026.
All research outputs
#5,438
of 34,359,530 outputs
Outputs from Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
#1
of 2,331 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#240
of 456,399 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
#1
of 22 outputs
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