| Title |
“Excellence R Us”: university research and the fetishisation of excellence
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, January 2017
|
| DOI | 10.1057/palcomms.2016.105 |
| Authors |
Samuel Moore, Cameron Neylon, Martin Paul Eve, Daniel Paul O’Donnell, Damian Pattinson |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 1,088 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 187 | 17% |
| United States | 126 | 12% |
| Spain | 50 | 5% |
| Canada | 50 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 34 | 3% |
| France | 27 | 2% |
| Australia | 27 | 2% |
| Germany | 26 | 2% |
| Norway | 23 | 2% |
| Other | 140 | 13% |
| Unknown | 398 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 648 | 60% |
| Scientists | 359 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 54 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 27 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 293 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 277 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 66 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 14% |
| Other | 25 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 25 | 9% |
| Professor | 18 | 6% |
| Other | 72 | 25% |
| Unknown | 46 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 62 | 21% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 11% |
| Psychology | 19 | 6% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 14 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 4% |
| Other | 92 | 31% |
| Unknown | 61 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
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#21,401
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#8
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#416
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#1
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