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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 (94th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (88th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
policy
1 policy source
twitter
35 X users
facebook
3 Facebook pages
reddit
2 Redditors

Readers on

mendeley
170 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
What is the contribution of physician associates in hospital care in England? A mixed methods, multiple case study
Published in
BMJ Open, January 2019
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027012
Pubmed ID
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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 170 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 33 19%
Student > Bachelor 28 16%
Other 10 6%
Researcher 10 6%
Student > Postgraduate 7 4%
Other 20 12%
Unknown 62 36%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 50 29%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 7%
Social Sciences 5 3%
Psychology 4 2%
Other 21 12%
Unknown 62 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. 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 16 July 2025.
All research outputs
#1,447,397
of 34,271,801 outputs
Outputs from BMJ Open
#2,334
of 29,569 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#26,444
of 487,092 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMJ Open
#81
of 706 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,271,801 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 29,569 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 17.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 92% 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 487,092 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 94% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 706 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 88% of its contemporaries.