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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 (92nd percentile)

Mentioned by

news
39 news outlets
blogs
8 blogs
twitter
343 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page
wikipedia
1 Wikipedia page
video
1 YouTube creator
bluesky
3 Bluesky users
podcasts
4 podcasts

Readers on

mendeley
213 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 213 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 213 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 17 8%
Researcher 15 7%
Student > Master 14 7%
Student > Bachelor 12 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 5%
Other 29 14%
Unknown 116 54%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 36 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 14 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 10 5%
Psychology 5 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 2%
Other 24 11%
Unknown 119 56%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 566. 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 16 December 2025.
All research outputs
#53,787
of 34,601,261 outputs
Outputs from The Lancet
#981
of 52,285 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,417
of 467,212 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Lancet
#28
of 357 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,601,261 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 52,285 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 63.4. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% 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 467,212 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 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 357 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 92% of its contemporaries.