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The early use of MDMA (‘Ecstasy’) in psychotherapy (1977–1985)

Overview of attention for article published in Drug Science, Policy and Law, April 2018
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#5 of 113)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)

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news
30 news outlets
blogs
6 blogs
twitter
28 X users
wikipedia
8 Wikipedia pages
reddit
25 Redditors
podcasts
1 podcast

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mendeley
159 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
The early use of MDMA (‘Ecstasy’) in psychotherapy (1977–1985)
Published in
Drug Science, Policy and Law, April 2018
DOI 10.1177/2050324518767442
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 159 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 29 18%
Researcher 19 12%
Student > Master 18 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 9%
Other 10 6%
Other 16 10%
Unknown 53 33%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 29 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 17 11%
Neuroscience 11 7%
Social Sciences 8 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 5%
Other 25 16%
Unknown 61 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 307. 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 2026.
All research outputs
#140,795
of 34,307,719 outputs
Outputs from Drug Science, Policy and Law
#5
of 113 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,798
of 372,716 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Drug Science, Policy and Law
#1
of 3 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,307,719 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 113 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 52.4. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 95% 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 372,716 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 3 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has scored higher than all of them