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Worsening file-drawer problem in the abstracts of natural, medical and social science databases

Overview of attention for article published in Scientometrics, May 2010
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (82nd percentile)
  • Average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source

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1 blog
wikipedia
1 Wikipedia page

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Title
Worsening file-drawer problem in the abstracts of natural, medical and social science databases
Published in
Scientometrics, May 2010
DOI 10.1007/s11192-010-0233-5
Authors

Marco Pautasso

Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 94 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 2 2%
Netherlands 2 2%
Spain 2 2%
Malaysia 1 1%
Italy 1 1%
United Kingdom 1 1%
South Africa 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Croatia 1 1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 82 87%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 19 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 14%
Student > Master 8 9%
Student > Bachelor 8 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 7%
Other 25 27%
Unknown 14 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 13 14%
Psychology 12 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 10%
Environmental Science 7 7%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 5%
Other 27 29%
Unknown 21 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. 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 30 March 2019.
All research outputs
#3,754,850
of 22,914,829 outputs
Outputs from Scientometrics
#753
of 2,688 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,994
of 95,363 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Scientometrics
#7
of 12 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,914,829 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 83rd percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,688 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% of its peers.
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