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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 (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
blogs
2 blogs
twitter
77 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page
video
1 YouTube creator
guideline
1 clinical guideline source
podcasts
2 podcasts

Readers on

mendeley
108 Mendeley
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 108 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 108 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 12 11%
Student > Bachelor 9 8%
Other 8 7%
Student > Postgraduate 8 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 5%
Other 18 17%
Unknown 48 44%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 44 41%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 2%
Computer Science 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 55 51%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 85. 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 21 January 2025.
All research outputs
#631,173
of 34,202,641 outputs
Outputs from Annals of Surgery
#246
of 11,555 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,716
of 474,763 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Annals of Surgery
#7
of 188 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,202,641 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 11,555 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.3. 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 474,763 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 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 188 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 96% of its contemporaries.