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X Demographics
Mendeley readers
Attention Score in Context
| Title |
To Convince, to Provoke or to Entertain? A Study on Individual Motivations behind Engaging with Conspiracy Theories Online
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Convergence, June 2022
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| DOI | 10.1177/13548565221105792 |
| Authors |
Sophie Morosoli, Peter Van Aelst, Patrick van Erkel |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 34 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4 | 12% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 9% |
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| Brazil | 2 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
| Belgium | 1 | 3% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 3% |
| Serbia | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 17 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 19 | 56% |
| Members of the public | 13 | 38% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 24 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 24 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 17% |
| Researcher | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 13% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 8% |
| Professor | 2 | 8% |
| Other | 2 | 8% |
| Unknown | 8 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 6 | 25% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 13% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 9 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. 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 29 October 2022.
All research outputs
#1,306,616
of 25,711,518 outputs
Outputs from Convergence
#51
of 803 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#29,825
of 445,371 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Convergence
#4
of 32 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,711,518 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 94th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 803 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 32 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 87% of its contemporaries.