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Overuse of diagnostic testing in healthcare: a systematic review

Overview of attention for article published in BMJ Quality & Safety, May 2021
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#47 of 2,068)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (97th percentile)

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news
11 news outlets
blogs
4 blogs
policy
4 policy sources
twitter
192 X users
facebook
2 Facebook pages
reddit
13 Redditors
bluesky
1 Bluesky user

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mendeley
186 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Overuse of diagnostic testing in healthcare: a systematic review
Published in
BMJ Quality & Safety, May 2021
DOI 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012576
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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 186 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 22 12%
Researcher 16 9%
Student > Bachelor 14 8%
Student > Master 12 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 5%
Other 21 11%
Unknown 92 49%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 42 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 4%
Engineering 4 2%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 2%
Other 20 11%
Unknown 92 49%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 225. 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 2026.
All research outputs
#214,126
of 34,347,532 outputs
Outputs from BMJ Quality & Safety
#47
of 2,068 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,999
of 483,500 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMJ Quality & Safety
#1
of 37 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,347,532 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,068 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 33.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 37 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its contemporaries.