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TikTok and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study of Social Media Content Quality

Overview of attention for article published in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, February 2022
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#1 of 2,451)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (93rd percentile)

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Article details
Title
TikTok and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study of Social Media Content Quality
Published in
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, February 2022
DOI 10.1177/07067437221082854
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 621 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 43 7%
Student > Master 25 4%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 3%
Researcher 16 3%
Other 13 2%
Other 54 9%
Unknown 453 73%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 48 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 28 5%
Social Sciences 22 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 2%
Unspecified 12 2%
Other 45 7%
Unknown 454 73%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2213. 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 08 October 2026.
All research outputs
#4,513
of 34,582,852 outputs
Outputs from The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
#1
of 2,451 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#213
of 480,535 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
#1
of 15 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,582,852 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 2,451 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.0. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% 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 480,535 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 15 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 93% of its contemporaries.