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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 (94th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (66th percentile)

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news
2 news outlets
twitter
23 X users
bluesky
1 Bluesky user

Readers on

mendeley
152 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Protection against tuberculosis by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination: A historical perspective
Published in
Med, December 2021
DOI 10.1016/j.medj.2021.11.006
Pubmed ID
Authors

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X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 152 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 9 6%
Student > Master 6 4%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 3%
Unspecified 4 3%
Other 4 3%
Other 16 11%
Unknown 108 71%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Immunology and Microbiology 13 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 5%
Unspecified 4 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 2%
Other 9 6%
Unknown 111 73%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. 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 06 April 2025.
All research outputs
#1,390,196
of 32,436,126 outputs
Outputs from Med
#153
of 632 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#28,377
of 555,172 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Med
#8
of 24 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,436,126 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 632 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 72.1. This one has done well, scoring higher than 75% 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 555,172 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 94% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 24 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 66% of its contemporaries.