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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 (96th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (66th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Plaster cast versus functional brace for non-surgical treatment of Achilles tendon rupture (UKSTAR): a multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation
Published in
The Lancet, February 2020
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32942-3
Pubmed ID
Authors

Matthew L Costa, Juul Achten, Ioana R Marian, Susan J Dutton, Sarah E Lamb, Benjamin Ollivere, Mandy Maredza, Stavros Petrou, Rebecca S Kearney, UKSTAR trial collaborators, Amr Abdallah, Moez Ballal, Jordi Ballester, James Beastall, Rajarshi Bhattacharya, Simon Burrt, Mark Deakin, Rupe Deol, Asterios Dramis, Sameh El-Kawy, Jason Eyre, Justin Forder, Avijeet Ghosh, Anhijit Guha, Nicholas Hancock, Fraser Harrold, Paul Harwood, Peter Hull, Alan Johnstone, Sandeep Kapoor, Babis Karagkevrekis, Andrew Kelly, Nasser Kurdy, Harish Kurup, Victoria Lyle, Sanjeev Madan, Jane Madeley, Ansar Mahmood, Atif Malik, Andrew McAndrew, Viren Mishra, Nitin Modi, Rajesh Nanda, Ines Reichert, Nikos Reissis, Sridhar Sampalli, Andrea Scott, Richard Walter, Mark Westwood

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 216 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 26 12%
Student > Bachelor 25 12%
Researcher 19 9%
Other 12 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 6%
Other 26 12%
Unknown 96 44%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 56 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 26 12%
Sports and Recreations 7 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 2%
Social Sciences 4 2%
Other 16 7%
Unknown 103 48%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 66. 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 24 August 2024.
All research outputs
#772,184
of 31,722,655 outputs
Outputs from The Lancet
#6,304
of 49,763 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#16,008
of 499,954 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Lancet
#131
of 388 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 31,722,655 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 49,763 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 64.2. This one has done well, scoring higher than 87% 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 499,954 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 96% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 388 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 66% of its contemporaries.