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Commentary: DAGs and the restricted potential outcomes approach are tools, not theories of causation

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Epidemiology, January 2017
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (87th percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (59th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Commentary: DAGs and the restricted potential outcomes approach are tools, not theories of causation
Published in
International Journal of Epidemiology, January 2017
DOI 10.1093/ije/dyw228
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Belgium 1 2%
Unknown 58 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 22%
Researcher 7 12%
Other 6 10%
Professor 4 7%
Student > Master 4 7%
Other 10 17%
Unknown 15 25%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 31%
Social Sciences 10 17%
Psychology 5 8%
Philosophy 2 3%
Mathematics 2 3%
Other 5 8%
Unknown 17 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. 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 27 February 2017.
All research outputs
#3,090,959
of 28,916,161 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Epidemiology
#1,480
of 6,219 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#54,486
of 433,848 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Epidemiology
#36
of 89 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 28,916,161 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 89th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 6,219 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 23.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 76% 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 433,848 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 87% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 89 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 59% of its contemporaries.