| Title |
Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Royal Society Open Science, October 2020
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| DOI | 10.1098/rsos.201199 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jon Roozenbeek, Claudia R. Schneider, Sarah Dryhurst, John Kerr, Alexandra L. J. Freeman, Gabriel Recchia, Anne Marthe van der Bles, Sander van der Linden |
Twitter Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 232 | 23% |
| United States | 100 | 10% |
| Canada | 34 | 3% |
| Ireland | 19 | 2% |
| Japan | 15 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1% |
| Spain | 13 | 1% |
| Australia | 13 | 1% |
| Italy | 11 | 1% |
| Other | 118 | 12% |
| Unknown | 444 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 719 | 71% |
| Scientists | 210 | 21% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 47 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 37 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 987 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 987 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 118 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 114 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 100 | 10% |
| Researcher | 93 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 44 | 4% |
| Other | 188 | 19% |
| Unknown | 330 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 145 | 15% |
| Psychology | 110 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 87 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 36 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 3% |
| Other | 221 | 22% |
| Unknown | 363 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2548. 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 19 September 2023.
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#2,841
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Outputs from Royal Society Open Science
#3
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#172
of 421,163 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Royal Society Open Science
#2
of 121 outputs
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