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Mendeley readers
Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Free to learn: why unleashing the instinct to play will make our children happier, more self-reliant, and better students for life
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Evolution: Education and Outreach, February 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12052-016-0052-0 |
| Authors |
Aditi Pai |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 38 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 38 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 9 | 24% |
| Lecturer | 6 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 12 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 8 | 21% |
| Psychology | 4 | 11% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 8% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 14 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 April 2024.
All research outputs
#7,171,566
of 25,722,279 outputs
Outputs from Evolution: Education and Outreach
#272
of 471 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#108,348
of 411,537 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Evolution: Education and Outreach
#2
of 2 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,722,279 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 71st percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 471 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 20.8. This one is in the 41st percentile – i.e., 41% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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 411,537 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 2 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one.