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Lay knowledge and practices of methamphetamine use to manage opioid-related overdose risks

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Drug Policy, October 2021
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (91st percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (63rd percentile)

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1 news outlet
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1 policy source
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16 X users
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1 Redditor

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Article details
Title
Lay knowledge and practices of methamphetamine use to manage opioid-related overdose risks
Published in
International Journal of Drug Policy, October 2021
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103463
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 42 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 4 10%
Other 3 7%
Researcher 3 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 5%
Librarian 1 2%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 25 60%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 6 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 14%
Social Sciences 3 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 2%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 24 57%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. 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 22 September 2025.
All research outputs
#2,093,518
of 34,573,323 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Drug Policy
#719
of 3,776 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#37,655
of 467,603 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Drug Policy
#26
of 71 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,573,323 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 93rd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,776 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 25.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 80% 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 467,603 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 91% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 71 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% of its contemporaries.