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The Sci-Hub effect on papers’ citations

Overview of attention for article published in Scientometrics, January 2021
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#2 of 2,964)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (98th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
5 news outlets
blogs
4 blogs
twitter
674 X users
facebook
3 Facebook pages
wikipedia
2 Wikipedia pages
video
1 YouTube creator

Citations

dimensions_citation
19 Dimensions

Readers on

mendeley
108 Mendeley
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Title
The Sci-Hub effect on papers’ citations
Published in
Scientometrics, January 2021
DOI 10.1007/s11192-020-03806-w
Authors

Juan C. Correa, Henry Laverde-Rojas, Julian Tejada, Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos

X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 108 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 108 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Librarian 13 12%
Researcher 12 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 8%
Lecturer 9 8%
Student > Master 8 7%
Other 21 19%
Unknown 36 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 15 14%
Computer Science 9 8%
Arts and Humanities 5 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 4%
Psychology 4 4%
Other 30 28%
Unknown 41 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 537. 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 16 February 2024.
All research outputs
#46,759
of 25,748,735 outputs
Outputs from Scientometrics
#2
of 2,964 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,608
of 537,390 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Scientometrics
#1
of 76 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,748,735 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 2,964 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 537,390 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 76 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its contemporaries.