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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#9 of 422)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (80th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
10 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
4 X users

Readers on

mendeley
52 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Variations in trust in Dr Google when experiencing potential breast cancer symptoms: exploring motivations to seek health information online
Published in
Health, Risk & Society, November 2018
DOI 10.1080/13698575.2018.1550742
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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 52 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 5 10%
Student > Master 5 10%
Researcher 5 10%
Librarian 4 8%
Professor 3 6%
Other 9 17%
Unknown 21 40%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 6 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 12%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 10%
Social Sciences 3 6%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 20 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 80. 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 24 February 2021.
All research outputs
#665,968
of 34,043,423 outputs
Outputs from Health, Risk & Society
#9
of 422 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#11,716
of 491,737 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health, Risk & Society
#1
of 5 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,043,423 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 422 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% 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 491,737 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 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 5 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