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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0077552 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kerry O’Brien, Walter Forrest, Dermot Lynott, Michael Daly |
| Abstract |
Racism is related to policies preferences and behaviors that adversely affect blacks and appear related to a fear of blacks (e.g., increased policing, death penalty). This study examined whether racism is also related to gun ownership and opposition to gun controls in US whites. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 1,286 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 | 561 | 44% |
| United Kingdom | 18 | 1% |
| Canada | 15 | 1% |
| Comoros | 10 | <1% |
| Australia | 10 | <1% |
| Andorra | 3 | <1% |
| France | 3 | <1% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | <1% |
| Ireland | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 46 | 4% |
| Unknown | 614 | 48% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1165 | 91% |
| Scientists | 54 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 32 | 2% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 31 | 2% |
| Unknown | 4 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 130 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 3% |
| Unknown | 126 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 25 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 8% |
| Researcher | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 24 | 18% |
| Unknown | 17 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 42 | 32% |
| Psychology | 25 | 19% |
| Arts and Humanities | 10 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 19 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 955. 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 22 May 2024.
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#17,930
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#264
of 226,607 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#83
of 227,367 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#7
of 5,138 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,964,892 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 226,607 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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