| Title |
A pandemic of bad science
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 2020
|
| DOI | 10.1080/00963402.2020.1778361 |
| Authors |
Walter Scheirer |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 110 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 | 22 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 6% |
| Spain | 7 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 5% |
| France | 5 | 5% |
| Australia | 3 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 2% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Unknown | 49 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 80 | 73% |
| Scientists | 29 | 26% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 67 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 67 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 11 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 10% |
| Librarian | 6 | 9% |
| Researcher | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 14 | 21% |
| Unknown | 14 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 12% |
| Computer Science | 5 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 22 | 33% |
| Unknown | 16 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 68. 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 04 March 2022.
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#4
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