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Progression of the “Psychological Typhoon Eye” and Variations Since the Wenchuan Earthquake

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, March 2010
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Title
Progression of the “Psychological Typhoon Eye” and Variations Since the Wenchuan Earthquake
Published in
PLOS ONE, March 2010
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0009727
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Authors

Shu Li, Li-Lin Rao, Xin-Wen Bai, Rui Zheng, Xiao-Peng Ren, Jin-Zhen Li, Zuo-Jun Wang, Huan Liu, Kan Zhang

Abstract

In 2008 after a massive earthquake jolted Wenchuan, China, we reported an effect that we termed a "Psychological Typhoon Eye": the closer to the center of the devastated area, the lower the level of concern felt by residents about safety and health. We now report on the progression of this effect and the development of new variations after the quake as well as investigating potential explanations.

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 %
Denmark 1 3%
Ireland 1 3%
Unknown 37 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 18%
Student > Bachelor 7 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 13%
Researcher 4 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 8%
Other 9 23%
Unknown 4 10%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 13 33%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 10%
Social Sciences 4 10%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 5%
Other 5 13%
Unknown 6 15%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. 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 21 September 2019.
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#1,852,559
of 22,684,168 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#23,896
of 193,651 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,608
of 106,034 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#109
of 652 outputs
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