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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 (86th percentile)

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5 news outlets
policy
2 policy sources
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2 X users

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346 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Aging and the Rising Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa and other Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Call for Holistic Action
Published in
Gerontologist, July 2019
DOI 10.1093/geront/gnz102
Pubmed ID
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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 346 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 44 13%
Student > Bachelor 27 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 6%
Researcher 19 5%
Student > Postgraduate 15 4%
Other 35 10%
Unknown 185 53%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 45 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 39 11%
Social Sciences 22 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 2%
Psychology 4 1%
Other 33 10%
Unknown 196 57%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 44. 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 12 September 2024.
All research outputs
#1,202,300
of 34,377,743 outputs
Outputs from Gerontologist
#210
of 3,282 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#19,779
of 389,498 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Gerontologist
#4
of 29 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,377,743 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,282 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 16.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% 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 389,498 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 29 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 86% of its contemporaries.