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Explainer: what does it mean to be ‘cisgender’?

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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 (98th percentile)

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Title
Explainer: what does it mean to be ‘cisgender’?
Published by
The Conversation, September 2018
DOI 10.64628/aa.hvuny5tan
Authors

McIntyre, Joanna, Joanna McIntyre

Abstract

The prefix 'cis', meaning 'on this side of' is commonly used in chemistry and geography. More recently, it has become a way of referring to a person's gender identity.

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Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 691. 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 13 March 2025.
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#38,304
of 34,550,734 outputs
Outputs from The Conversation
#1,737
of 213,744 outputs
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#599
of 382,492 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Conversation
#23
of 1,750 outputs
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