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A meta-analysis of the problematic social media use and mental health

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Social Psychiatry, December 2020
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#11 of 1,651)
  • 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
12 news outlets
blogs
3 blogs
policy
1 policy source
twitter
42 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page
wikipedia
2 Wikipedia pages
reddit
5 Redditors
video
1 YouTube creator

Readers on

mendeley
592 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
A meta-analysis of the problematic social media use and mental health
Published in
International Journal of Social Psychiatry, December 2020
DOI 10.1177/0020764020978434
Pubmed ID
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 592 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 46 8%
Researcher 28 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 25 4%
Student > Master 25 4%
Lecturer 18 3%
Other 61 10%
Unknown 389 66%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 72 12%
Social Sciences 26 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 15 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 14 2%
Other 51 9%
Unknown 398 67%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 157. 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 27 August 2026.
All research outputs
#331,554
of 34,638,994 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Social Psychiatry
#11
of 1,651 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,486
of 577,233 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Social Psychiatry
#1
of 42 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,638,994 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 1,651 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 42 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.