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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)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (87th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
5 news outlets
blogs
3 blogs
policy
2 policy sources
twitter
32 X users
facebook
8 Facebook pages
googleplus
1 Google+ user
reddit
1 Redditor
guideline
2 clinical guideline sources

Readers on

mendeley
134 Mendeley
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 134 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 2 1%
Japan 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 129 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 27 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 16%
Other 17 13%
Student > Master 12 9%
Student > Bachelor 9 7%
Other 21 16%
Unknown 26 19%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 55 41%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 3%
Other 21 16%
Unknown 35 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 86. 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 30 July 2020.
All research outputs
#614,474
of 33,779,198 outputs
Outputs from The Lancet
#5,300
of 51,312 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#6,336
of 409,982 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Lancet
#59
of 484 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,779,198 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 51,312 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 63.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 89% 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 409,982 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 484 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 87% of its contemporaries.