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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Reducing Pseudoscientific and Paranormal Beliefs in University Students Through a Course in Science and Critical Thinking
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science & Education, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11191-018-9956-0 |
| Authors |
James A. Wilson |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 142 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 24 | 17% |
| United States | 19 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 6% |
| Germany | 5 | 4% |
| Finland | 4 | 3% |
| France | 3 | 2% |
| India | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | 4% |
| Unknown | 67 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 102 | 72% |
| Scientists | 25 | 18% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 11 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 173 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 173 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 8% |
| Other | 37 | 21% |
| Unknown | 63 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 38 | 22% |
| Social Sciences | 22 | 13% |
| Arts and Humanities | 7 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 27 | 16% |
| Unknown | 67 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 120. 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 12 March 2024.
All research outputs
#357,661
of 25,882,826 outputs
Outputs from Science & Education
#4
of 809 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,421
of 454,926 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science & Education
#1
of 8 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,882,826 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 809 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.6. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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