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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 (95th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (91st percentile)

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news
5 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs
twitter
2 X users

Readers on

mendeley
98 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
The smartphone as a “significant other”: interpersonal dependency and attachment in maladaptive smartphone and social networks use
Published in
BMC Psychology, September 2023
DOI 10.1186/s40359-023-01339-4
Pubmed ID
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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 98 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 10 10%
Researcher 6 6%
Unspecified 5 5%
Lecturer 3 3%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 3%
Other 6 6%
Unknown 65 66%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 9 9%
Social Sciences 6 6%
Unspecified 5 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 3%
Other 3 3%
Unknown 68 69%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 52. 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 03 September 2026.
All research outputs
#1,018,001
of 34,286,339 outputs
Outputs from BMC Psychology
#121
of 2,032 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,603
of 388,362 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Psychology
#8
of 96 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,286,339 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,032 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% 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 388,362 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 95% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 96 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 91% of its contemporaries.