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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. 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 24 March 2017.
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#19,942,887
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from British Journal of Dermatology
#7,743
of 9,662 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#240,184
of 331,594 outputs
Outputs of similar age from British Journal of Dermatology
#97
of 126 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,371,288 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 18th percentile – i.e., 18% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 9,662 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.6. This one is in the 17th percentile – i.e., 17% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 126 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 19th percentile – i.e., 19% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
