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Misinformation and Its Correction

Overview of attention for article published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest, September 2012
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#5 of 146)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)

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609 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Misinformation and Its Correction
Published in
Psychological Science in the Public Interest, September 2012
DOI 10.1177/1529100612451018
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 606 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 77 13%
Student > Master 57 9%
Student > Bachelor 46 8%
Researcher 42 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 24 4%
Other 94 15%
Unknown 269 44%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 95 16%
Psychology 75 12%
Computer Science 21 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 19 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 14 2%
Other 93 15%
Unknown 292 48%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1414. 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 18 August 2026.
All research outputs
#10,676
of 34,388,610 outputs
Outputs from Psychological Science in the Public Interest
#5
of 146 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#23
of 226,538 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Psychological Science in the Public Interest
#1
of 3 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,388,610 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 146 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 183.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% 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 226,538 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 3 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has scored higher than all of them