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Checking PolitiFact’s Fact-Checks

Overview of attention for article published in Journalism Studies, January 2021
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#41 of 1,289)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
policy
1 policy source
twitter
64 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page

Citations

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19 Dimensions

Readers on

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39 Mendeley
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Title
Checking PolitiFact’s Fact-Checks
Published in
Journalism Studies, January 2021
DOI 10.1080/1461670x.2021.1873818
Authors

Sakari Nieminen, Valtteri Sankari

X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 39 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 39 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 5 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 13%
Researcher 4 10%
Student > Bachelor 2 5%
Lecturer 2 5%
Other 7 18%
Unknown 14 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 15 38%
Computer Science 5 13%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 15 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 67. 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 14 April 2024.
All research outputs
#647,609
of 25,712,965 outputs
Outputs from Journalism Studies
#41
of 1,289 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#18,670
of 532,398 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journalism Studies
#3
of 31 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,712,965 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,289 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.9. 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 532,398 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 96% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 31 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 90% of its contemporaries.