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The hidden agenda of predatory journals: A warning call for junior researchers and student authors

Overview of attention for article published in Medical Teacher, December 2017
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  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (70th percentile)

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Article details
Title
The hidden agenda of predatory journals: A warning call for junior researchers and student authors
Published in
Medical Teacher, December 2017
DOI 10.1080/0142159x.2017.1414942
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 22 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 27%
Librarian 5 23%
Other 2 9%
Unspecified 1 5%
Lecturer 1 5%
Other 2 9%
Unknown 5 23%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 6 27%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 27%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 9%
Unspecified 1 5%
Other 2 9%
Unknown 3 14%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. 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 22 December 2017.
All research outputs
#9,262,308
of 34,601,261 outputs
Outputs from Medical Teacher
#827
of 2,938 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#125,729
of 492,439 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Medical Teacher
#18
of 62 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,601,261 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 73rd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,938 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% 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 492,439 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 74% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 62 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 70% of its contemporaries.