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Reliability of Google Trends: Analysis of the Limits and Potential of Web Infoveillance During COVID-19 Pandemic and for Future Research

Overview of attention for article published in Research Metrics and Analytics (RMA), May 2021
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Title
Reliability of Google Trends: Analysis of the Limits and Potential of Web Infoveillance During COVID-19 Pandemic and for Future Research
Published in
Research Metrics and Analytics (RMA), May 2021
DOI 10.3389/frma.2021.670226
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Authors

Alessandro Rovetta

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 76 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 12%
Student > Master 9 12%
Student > Bachelor 9 12%
Other 6 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 7%
Other 14 18%
Unknown 24 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 13%
Computer Science 4 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 4%
Psychology 3 4%
Other 17 22%
Unknown 35 46%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 20 July 2023.
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#15,096,066
of 25,655,374 outputs
Outputs from Research Metrics and Analytics (RMA)
#223
of 364 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#217,801
of 461,358 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Research Metrics and Analytics (RMA)
#23
of 34 outputs
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