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Herbal ephedra/caffeine for weight loss: a 6-month randomized safety and efficacy trial

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Obesity, May 2002
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (91st percentile)

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Article details
Title
Herbal ephedra/caffeine for weight loss: a 6-month randomized safety and efficacy trial
Published in
International Journal of Obesity, May 2002
DOI 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802023
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Mendeley demographics

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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 159 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 %
Spain 2 1%
South Africa 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 153 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 28 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 10%
Student > Master 16 10%
Other 11 7%
Researcher 11 7%
Other 28 18%
Unknown 49 31%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 25 16%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 24 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 5%
Sports and Recreations 7 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 4%
Other 29 18%
Unknown 60 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 41. 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 15 May 2025.
All research outputs
#1,233,798
of 32,844,792 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Obesity
#617
of 5,701 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,177
of 166,384 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Obesity
#3
of 34 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 5,701 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 24.8. This one has done well, scoring higher than 89% of its peers.
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