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Debunking in a world of tribes

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, July 2017
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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 (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
35 news outlets
blogs
5 blogs
policy
1 policy source
twitter
161 X users
facebook
4 Facebook pages
wikipedia
4 Wikipedia pages
googleplus
4 Google+ users
reddit
5 Redditors

Readers on

mendeley
395 Mendeley
citeulike
1 CiteULike
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Italy 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Germany 2 <1%
Luxembourg 1 <1%
Unknown 388 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 54 14%
Researcher 52 13%
Student > Master 46 12%
Student > Bachelor 33 8%
Other 27 7%
Other 73 18%
Unknown 110 28%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 71 18%
Computer Science 44 11%
Psychology 43 11%
Arts and Humanities 19 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 18 5%
Other 79 20%
Unknown 121 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 425. 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 04 February 2026.
All research outputs
#86,756
of 34,619,351 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#1,383
of 225,266 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,520
of 357,591 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#17
of 4,273 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,619,351 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 225,266 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 17.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% 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 357,591 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 4,273 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 99% of its contemporaries.