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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 (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (97th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Randomised controlled trial of four commercial weight loss programmes in the UK: initial findings from the BBC “diet trials”
Published in
British Medical Journal, May 2006
DOI 10.1136/bmj.38833.411204.80
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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 327 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 Kingdom 6 2%
Portugal 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 318 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 69 21%
Student > Bachelor 46 14%
Researcher 40 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 31 9%
Student > Postgraduate 24 7%
Other 58 18%
Unknown 59 18%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 92 28%
Nursing and Health Professions 37 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 36 11%
Psychology 21 6%
Social Sciences 15 5%
Other 47 14%
Unknown 79 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 124. 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 27 May 2025.
All research outputs
#426,412
of 34,410,315 outputs
Outputs from British Medical Journal
#4,334
of 75,581 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#584
of 128,006 outputs
Outputs of similar age from British Medical Journal
#7
of 235 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,410,315 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 75,581 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 40.5. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% 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 128,006 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 235 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its contemporaries.