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Opting Out: Individualism and Vaccine Refusal in Pockets of Socioeconomic Homogeneity

Overview of attention for article published in American Sociological Review, October 2020
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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 (98th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (70th percentile)

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18 news outlets
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4 blogs
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17 X users
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Article details
Title
Opting Out: Individualism and Vaccine Refusal in Pockets of Socioeconomic Homogeneity
Published in
American Sociological Review, October 2020
DOI 10.1177/0003122420960691
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 75 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 19%
Researcher 10 13%
Professor 5 7%
Student > Bachelor 4 5%
Student > Master 3 4%
Other 9 12%
Unknown 30 40%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 31 41%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 5%
Environmental Science 2 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 1%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 33 44%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 181. 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 February 2025.
All research outputs
#279,753
of 34,526,284 outputs
Outputs from American Sociological Review
#122
of 2,340 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#6,496
of 469,111 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Sociological Review
#3
of 10 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,340 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 35.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% of its peers.
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