| Title |
How predictable is technological progress?
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Research Policy, April 2016
|
| DOI | 10.1016/j.respol.2015.11.001 |
| Authors |
J. Doyne Farmer, François Lafond |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 502 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 48 | 10% |
| India | 37 | 7% |
| France | 13 | 3% |
| Spain | 10 | 2% |
| Australia | 10 | 2% |
| Germany | 8 | 2% |
| Canada | 7 | 1% |
| Sweden | 5 | <1% |
| Other | 69 | 14% |
| Unknown | 212 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 441 | 88% |
| Scientists | 42 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 11 | 2% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 489 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 479 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 88 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 74 | 15% |
| Researcher | 59 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 47 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 32 | 7% |
| Other | 76 | 16% |
| Unknown | 113 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 69 | 14% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 48 | 10% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 38 | 8% |
| Energy | 34 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 31 | 6% |
| Other | 129 | 26% |
| Unknown | 140 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 574. 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 11 September 2023.
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#41,899
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#3
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#751
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#1
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