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Body Image Dissatisfaction and Body Dysmorphic Disorder in 100 Cosmetic Surgery Patients

Overview of attention for article published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, May 1998
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Article details
Title
Body Image Dissatisfaction and Body Dysmorphic Disorder in 100 Cosmetic Surgery Patients
Published in
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, May 1998
DOI 10.1097/00006534-199805000-00035
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
South Africa 1 <1%
Unknown 118 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 16 13%
Student > Master 14 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 6%
Researcher 7 6%
Other 19 16%
Unknown 43 36%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 26 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 24 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 3%
Social Sciences 4 3%
Other 10 8%
Unknown 45 38%
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 06 December 2025.
All research outputs
#7,754,060
of 29,797,646 outputs
Outputs from Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
#3,235
of 11,235 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,472
of 40,225 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
#13
of 37 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 29,797,646 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 11,235 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 70% 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 40,225 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 68% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 37 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 64% of its contemporaries.