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How effective are face coverings in reducing transmission of COVID-19?

Overview of attention for article published in Aerosol Science and Technology, April 2022
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Article details
Title
How effective are face coverings in reducing transmission of COVID-19?
Published in
Aerosol Science and Technology, April 2022
DOI 10.1080/02786826.2022.2042467
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 31 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 23%
Researcher 5 16%
Professor 3 10%
Student > Master 3 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 2 6%
Unknown 9 29%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 4 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 10%
Chemistry 3 10%
Environmental Science 2 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 6%
Other 6 19%
Unknown 11 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 11 March 2026.
All research outputs
#10,042,102
of 33,928,890 outputs
Outputs from Aerosol Science and Technology
#511
of 1,975 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#141,824
of 471,702 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Aerosol Science and Technology
#4
of 23 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,928,890 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 70th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,975 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% 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 471,702 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 69% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 23 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 82% of its contemporaries.