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When poignant stories outweigh cold hard facts: A meta-analysis of the anecdotal bias

Overview of attention for article published in Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, September 2020
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

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news
14 news outlets
policy
1 policy source
twitter
63 X users

Citations

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22 Dimensions

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99 Mendeley
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Title
When poignant stories outweigh cold hard facts: A meta-analysis of the anecdotal bias
Published in
Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, September 2020
DOI 10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.01.006
Authors

Traci H. Freling, Zhiyong Yang, Ritesh Saini, Omar S. Itani, Ryan Rashad Abualsamh

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 99 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 16%
Student > Master 11 11%
Researcher 9 9%
Student > Bachelor 8 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 6 6%
Other 17 17%
Unknown 32 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 17 17%
Psychology 13 13%
Social Sciences 12 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 5%
Computer Science 3 3%
Other 15 15%
Unknown 34 34%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 152. 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 03 August 2023.
All research outputs
#271,368
of 25,405,598 outputs
Outputs from Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
#51
of 1,169 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,400
of 425,004 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
#2
of 11 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,169 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 33.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 95% of its peers.
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