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Why we scratch: Function and dysfunction

Overview of attention for article published in Experimental Dermatology, June 2019
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Article details
Title
Why we scratch: Function and dysfunction
Published in
Experimental Dermatology, June 2019
DOI 10.1111/exd.13977
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 27 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 11%
Researcher 3 11%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Student > Master 2 7%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 11 41%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 6 22%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 4%
Other 3 11%
Unknown 8 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 14 December 2021.
All research outputs
#19,887,787
of 32,160,675 outputs
Outputs from Experimental Dermatology
#1,550
of 2,698 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#208,606
of 385,500 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Experimental Dermatology
#17
of 42 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,160,675 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 37th percentile – i.e., 37% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,698 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.5. This one is in the 41st percentile – i.e., 41% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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