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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 (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (94th percentile)

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1303 Mendeley
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,303 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United Kingdom 3 <1%
Vietnam 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Egypt 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Bahamas 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 1291 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 191 15%
Researcher 160 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 120 9%
Student > Bachelor 97 7%
Student > Postgraduate 63 5%
Other 221 17%
Unknown 451 35%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 262 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 109 8%
Social Sciences 101 8%
Psychology 98 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 43 3%
Other 174 13%
Unknown 516 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 407. 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 19 September 2025.
All research outputs
#92,982
of 34,566,597 outputs
Outputs from The Lancet
#1,334
of 52,277 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,503
of 338,004 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Lancet
#26
of 485 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,566,597 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 52,277 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 63.0. 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 338,004 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 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 485 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% of its contemporaries.