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The work of Donald Ewen Cameron: from psychic driving to MK Ultra

Overview of attention for article published in History of Psychiatry, March 2023
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#8 of 663)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

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news
2 news outlets
twitter
86 X users
wikipedia
3 Wikipedia pages
reddit
12 Redditors
bluesky
8 Bluesky users
podcasts
2 podcasts

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mendeley
30 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
The work of Donald Ewen Cameron: from psychic driving to MK Ultra
Published in
History of Psychiatry, March 2023
DOI 10.1177/0957154x231163763
Pubmed ID
Authors

Jordan Torbay

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 30 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Researcher 2 7%
Unspecified 1 3%
Student > Master 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 22 73%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Unspecified 1 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 3%
Neuroscience 1 3%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 23 77%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 102. 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 02 October 2026.
All research outputs
#529,491
of 34,627,816 outputs
Outputs from History of Psychiatry
#8
of 663 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#9,931
of 450,961 outputs
Outputs of similar age from History of Psychiatry
#1
of 11 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,627,816 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 663 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.2. 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 450,961 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 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 11 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 90% of its contemporaries.