| Title |
Misinformation and Its Correction
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Psychological Science in the Public Interest, September 2012
|
| DOI | 10.1177/1529100612451018 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stephan Lewandowsky, Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Colleen M. Seifert, Norbert Schwarz, John Cook |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 397 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 States | 79 | 20% |
| Canada | 28 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 22 | 6% |
| Australia | 18 | 5% |
| Germany | 12 | 3% |
| Finland | 7 | 2% |
| Spain | 5 | 1% |
| France | 5 | 1% |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1% |
| Other | 56 | 14% |
| Unknown | 160 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 291 | 73% |
| Scientists | 70 | 18% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 19 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 17 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 2,221 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1% |
| Canada | 9 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | <1% |
| Germany | 7 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 4 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 4 | <1% |
| Australia | 4 | <1% |
| Italy | 3 | <1% |
| Sweden | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 16 | <1% |
| Unknown | 2131 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 399 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 317 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 260 | 12% |
| Researcher | 238 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 119 | 5% |
| Other | 406 | 18% |
| Unknown | 482 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 518 | 23% |
| Social Sciences | 397 | 18% |
| Computer Science | 131 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 96 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 84 | 4% |
| Other | 448 | 20% |
| Unknown | 547 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
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#8,778
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Outputs from Psychological Science in the Public Interest
#5
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Outputs of similar age
#20
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Outputs of similar age from Psychological Science in the Public Interest
#1
of 3 outputs
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