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| Title |
Homoeopathic Oscillococcinum for preventing and treating influenza and influenza-like syndromes
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, September 1999
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd001957 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Vickers, AJ, Smith, C |
| Abstract |
Influenza is a highly infectious viral disease that is particularly common in the winter months. Conventional management options are limited to bed rest and treatment of complications such as secondary bacterial infections. Oscillococcinum is a patented, commercially available homoeopathic medicine. The rationale for its use in influenza comes from the homoeopathic principle of 'let like be cured by like'. The medicine is manufactured from wild duck heart and liver, a well-known reservoir for influenza viruses. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 22 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 5 | 23% |
| United States | 4 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 14% |
| Italy | 1 | 5% |
| Chile | 1 | 5% |
| Norway | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 7 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 21 | 95% |
| Scientists | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 20 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 19 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 4 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 20% |
| Professor | 1 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 10% |
| Unknown | 4 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 40% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 10% |
| Philosophy | 1 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 10% |
| Unknown | 4 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 46. 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 02 October 2023.
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#865,928
of 24,739,153 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#1,729
of 12,963 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#358
of 34,900 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#2
of 10 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,739,153 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 12,963 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 34.9. This one has done well, scoring higher than 86% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 10 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has scored higher than 8 of them.