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The Science of Empathy

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Patient Experience, May 2017
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#1 of 842)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (93rd percentile)

Mentioned by

news
49 news outlets
blogs
6 blogs
twitter
164 X users
wikipedia
3 Wikipedia pages
reddit
84 Redditors
video
5 YouTube creators
bluesky
5 Bluesky users

Readers on

mendeley
1066 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
The Science of Empathy
Published in
Journal of Patient Experience, May 2017
DOI 10.1177/2374373517699267
Pubmed ID
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 1066 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 134 13%
Student > Master 86 8%
Researcher 57 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 48 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 43 4%
Other 141 13%
Unknown 557 52%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 116 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 103 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 63 6%
Social Sciences 58 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 26 2%
Other 126 12%
Unknown 574 54%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 562. 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 13 September 2026.
All research outputs
#54,150
of 34,335,254 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Patient Experience
#1
of 842 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#902
of 356,829 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Patient Experience
#1
of 15 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,335,254 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 842 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.8. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% 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 356,829 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 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 15 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 93% of its contemporaries.