This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 02 May 2012.
All research outputs
#12,377,893
of 34,545,128 outputs
Outputs from British Medical Journal
#46,110
of 75,841 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#79,151
of 203,404 outputs
Outputs of similar age from British Medical Journal
#376
of 801 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,545,128 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 64th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 75,841 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 40.5. This one is in the 38th percentile – i.e., 38% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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 203,404 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 61% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 801 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 52% of its contemporaries.
