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Benefits, obstacles, and future of six sigma approach

Overview of attention for article published in Technovation, May 2006
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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 (89th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (81st percentile)

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1 policy source
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2 X users
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7 patents
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1 Wikipedia page

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1429 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Benefits, obstacles, and future of six sigma approach
Published in
Technovation, May 2006
DOI 10.1016/j.technovation.2004.10.003
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 9 <1%
Brazil 5 <1%
United Kingdom 5 <1%
South Africa 3 <1%
Malaysia 3 <1%
Mexico 3 <1%
Colombia 3 <1%
Australia 2 <1%
Portugal 2 <1%
Other 19 1%
Unknown 1375 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 386 27%
Student > Bachelor 185 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 133 9%
Student > Postgraduate 74 5%
Researcher 59 4%
Other 191 13%
Unknown 401 28%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 377 26%
Business, Management and Accounting 322 23%
Computer Science 65 5%
Social Sciences 31 2%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 31 2%
Other 171 12%
Unknown 432 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. 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 31 July 2026.
All research outputs
#4,055,698
of 33,254,694 outputs
Outputs from Technovation
#79
of 1,004 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#11,778
of 117,276 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Technovation
#2
of 11 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,254,694 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 87th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,004 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.3. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% 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 117,276 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 89% 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 well, scoring higher than 81% of its contemporaries.