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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 (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
77 news outlets
policy
4 policy sources
twitter
168 X users
facebook
2 Facebook pages
wikipedia
1 Wikipedia page

Readers on

mendeley
587 Mendeley
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 587 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 587 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 81 14%
Researcher 80 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 45 8%
Student > Bachelor 33 6%
Student > Postgraduate 30 5%
Other 118 20%
Unknown 200 34%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 130 22%
Nursing and Health Professions 58 10%
Social Sciences 47 8%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 26 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 14 2%
Other 86 15%
Unknown 226 39%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 729. 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 04 June 2026.
All research outputs
#34,197
of 33,937,515 outputs
Outputs from The Lancet
#728
of 51,623 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#571
of 492,087 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Lancet
#14
of 417 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,937,515 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 51,623 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 63.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% 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 492,087 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 417 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 96% of its contemporaries.