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True scale-free networks hidden by finite size effects

Overview of attention for article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, December 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 (97th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (76th percentile)

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94 X users
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Article details
Title
True scale-free networks hidden by finite size effects
Published in
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, December 2020
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2013825118
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 93 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 22 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 15%
Student > Bachelor 8 9%
Professor 7 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 6 6%
Other 19 20%
Unknown 17 18%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Physics and Astronomy 17 18%
Computer Science 7 8%
Mathematics 7 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 5%
Neuroscience 5 5%
Other 27 29%
Unknown 25 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 76. 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 March 2025.
All research outputs
#719,385
of 34,641,161 outputs
Outputs from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
#11,262
of 119,392 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,680
of 575,355 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
#238
of 1,011 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,641,161 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 119,392 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 40.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 90% 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 575,355 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 1,011 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 76% of its contemporaries.