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Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, August 2012
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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 (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
15 news outlets
blogs
3 blogs
policy
9 policy sources
twitter
63 X users
facebook
14 Facebook pages
wikipedia
7 Wikipedia pages
googleplus
1 Google+ user
video
1 YouTube creator

Citations

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Readers on

mendeley
1314 Mendeley
citeulike
3 CiteULike
Title
Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, August 2012
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd003517.pub2
Pubmed ID
Authors

Michael S Kramer, Ritsuko Kakuma

Abstract

Although the health benefits of breastfeeding are widely acknowledged, opinions and recommendations are strongly divided on the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding. Since 2001, the World Health Organization has recommended exclusive breastfeeding for six months. Much of the recent debate in developed countries has centred on the micronutrient adequacy, as well as the existence and magnitude of health benefits, of this practice.

X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 3 <1%
United States 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
France 1 <1%
Vietnam 1 <1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Other 5 <1%
Unknown 1296 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 231 18%
Student > Bachelor 178 14%
Researcher 134 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 120 9%
Student > Postgraduate 85 6%
Other 217 17%
Unknown 349 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 394 30%
Nursing and Health Professions 245 19%
Social Sciences 71 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 66 5%
Psychology 27 2%
Other 118 9%
Unknown 393 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 221. 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 25 February 2024.
All research outputs
#175,018
of 25,457,858 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#300
of 11,499 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#810
of 186,217 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#8
of 207 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,457,858 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.
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