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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#5 of 102)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (95th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (83rd percentile)

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news
7 news outlets
twitter
12 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page

Readers on

mendeley
81 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
A pilot study to determine if the use of a virtual reality education module reduces anxiety and increases comprehension in patients receiving radiation therapy
Published in
Journal of Radiation Oncology, March 2017
DOI 10.1007/s13566-017-0298-3
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X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 81 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 10%
Student > Master 7 9%
Student > Bachelor 6 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 6%
Professor 4 5%
Other 12 15%
Unknown 39 48%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Computer Science 9 11%
Psychology 9 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 9%
Arts and Humanities 2 2%
Other 6 7%
Unknown 41 51%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 56. 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 01 February 2018.
All research outputs
#835,091
of 27,627,301 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Radiation Oncology
#5
of 102 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,773
of 329,057 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Radiation Oncology
#1
of 6 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 27,627,301 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 102 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 95% 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 329,057 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 6 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has scored higher than all of them