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| Title |
The spreading of misinformation online
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1517441113 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michela Del Vicario, Alessandro Bessi, Fabiana Zollo, Fabio Petroni, Antonio Scala, Guido Caldarelli, H. Eugene Stanley, Walter Quattrociocchi |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 127 | 13% |
| Spain | 34 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 30 | 3% |
| Canada | 24 | 2% |
| Italy | 21 | 2% |
| Germany | 13 | 1% |
| Australia | 12 | 1% |
| France | 11 | 1% |
| Mexico | 10 | 1% |
| Other | 118 | 12% |
| Unknown | 575 | 59% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 759 | 78% |
| Scientists | 150 | 15% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 33 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 30 | 3% |
| Unknown | 3 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 2,402 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | <1% |
| Germany | 7 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | <1% |
| Italy | 5 | <1% |
| Sweden | 3 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Slovenia | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 16 | <1% |
| Unknown | 2344 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 429 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 352 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 297 | 12% |
| Researcher | 241 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 117 | 5% |
| Other | 443 | 18% |
| Unknown | 523 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 507 | 21% |
| Computer Science | 300 | 12% |
| Psychology | 221 | 9% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 95 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 89 | 4% |
| Other | 567 | 24% |
| Unknown | 623 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1769. 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 13 September 2024.
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#6,211
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#197
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#48
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#3
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