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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (91st percentile)

Mentioned by

news
7 news outlets
twitter
4 X users
bluesky
1 Bluesky user

Readers on

mendeley
64 Mendeley
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X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 64 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 12 19%
Other 4 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 6%
Student > Bachelor 2 3%
Student > Master 2 3%
Other 6 9%
Unknown 34 53%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Unspecified 12 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 6%
Sports and Recreations 3 5%
Social Sciences 2 3%
Other 4 6%
Unknown 33 52%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 52. 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 August 2026.
All research outputs
#1,021,038
of 34,151,039 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Cancer
#323
of 14,835 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,732
of 357,254 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Cancer
#5
of 58 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,151,039 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 14,835 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.4. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
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 357,254 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 58 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 91% of its contemporaries.