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Positive results receive more citations, but only in some disciplines

Overview of attention for article published in Scientometrics, May 2012
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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 (95th percentile)

Mentioned by

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7 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs
twitter
1 X user

Citations

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Title
Positive results receive more citations, but only in some disciplines
Published in
Scientometrics, May 2012
DOI 10.1007/s11192-012-0757-y
Authors

Daniele Fanelli

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Portugal 1 1%
Malaysia 1 1%
Brazil 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Mexico 1 1%
Belgium 1 1%
Denmark 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Unknown 71 90%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 18%
Researcher 10 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 9%
Student > Bachelor 5 6%
Other 21 27%
Unknown 12 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 12 15%
Psychology 9 11%
Computer Science 8 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 6%
Other 24 30%
Unknown 13 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 70. 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 January 2021.
All research outputs
#510,120
of 22,664,644 outputs
Outputs from Scientometrics
#56
of 2,667 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,546
of 163,491 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Scientometrics
#1
of 24 outputs
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