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What’s the best way to remove a splinter?

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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 (98th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (69th percentile)

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Article details
Title
What’s the best way to remove a splinter?
Published by
The Conversation, January 2026
DOI 10.64628/aa.uvkmk9u7g
Authors

Andrew Woods

Abstract

You don’t need any special hacks – but taking a few simple precautions can save you from pain or an infection.

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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 58. 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 09 February 2026.
All research outputs
#880,282
of 31,695,994 outputs
Outputs from The Conversation
#99,276
of 197,486 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,015
of 217,619 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Conversation
#493
of 1,612 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 31,695,994 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 197,486 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 100.5. This one is in the 49th percentile – i.e., 49% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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 217,619 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 98% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 1,612 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 69% of its contemporaries.