Guards Claim Third Tanker Attack

Scholar power: 29.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Energy 25%, Economics 15%, Law 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Craig Calhoun	35%	70	29.3%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

48.0%

7.1 h

1287

29.3%

Ranking score

0.496

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reposted by Tim Bale

35%

Scholar power: 35.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Energy 25%, Economics 15%, Law 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Tim Bale	60%	35	35.5%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

56.0%

17.5 h

796

35.5%

Ranking score

0.191

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Mark Chadbourn

@chadbourn.bsky.social

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson: “If the Strait of Hormuz is open, why did America reach out to Russia to solve the diesel problem?”

October 12, 2026 at 8:05 AM

by Shibley Telhami

47%

Scholar power: 47.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Energy 25%, Economics 15%, Law 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Shibley Telhami	44%	13	47.6%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Scholar power

65.0%

7.2 h

0

47.6%

Ranking score

0.185

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by Juan Cole

72%

Scholar power: 72.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Energy 25%, Economics 15%, Law 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Juan Cole	49%	24	72.0%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Scholar power

46.0%

20.2 h

4

72.0%

Ranking score

0.035

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Juan Cole

@jricole.bsky.social

Iran offers to Mediate between Riyadh and Sanaa even as Houthis hit Airports

They also struck the Aramco Shedgum gas plant its plant at Tanajib in the Eastern Province.

dlvr.it

October 12, 2026 at 5:24 AM

Reposted by Randa Slim

10%

Scholar power: 10.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Energy 25%, Economics 15%, Law 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Randa Slim	43%	6	10.5%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

49.0%

21.8 h

52

10.5%

Ranking score

0.021

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by Shibley Telhami

47%

Scholar power: 47.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Energy 25%, Economics 15%, Law 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Shibley Telhami	44%	13	47.6%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Scholar power

64.0%

7.2 h

0

47.6%

Ranking score

0.177

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

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Reposted by Mohammad Marandi

4%

Scholar power: 4.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Energy 25%, Economics 15%, Law 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mohammad Marandi	20%	6	4.9%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

48.0%

9.1 h

23

4.9%

Ranking score

0.017

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reposted by Jason Lyall

13%

Scholar power: 13.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Energy 25%, Economics 15%, Law 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Jason Lyall	33%	16	13.2%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

53.0%

13.0 h

297

13.2%

Ranking score

0.015

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

".. its first attack in more than a month near the Islamic republic."

@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/f9b9...

US hits commercial tanker in Gulf of Oman as tensions flare

Ship tried to break through American naval blockade of Iranian ports, Central Command says of its first attack in a month

www.ft.com

October 12, 2026 at 12:33 PM

Reposted by Klaus Adam

3%

Scholar power: 3.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Energy 25%, Economics 15%, Law 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Klaus Adam	6%	28	3.2%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

48.0%

20.0 h

45

3.2%

Ranking score

0.006

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

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