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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (81st percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (84th percentile)

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Article details
Title
A randomized multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of melatonin in the prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in high-risk contacts (MeCOVID Trial): A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Published in
Trials, June 2020
DOI 10.1186/s13063-020-04436-6
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X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 556 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 58 10%
Student > Master 57 10%
Researcher 56 10%
Other 25 4%
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 4%
Other 96 17%
Unknown 240 43%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 121 22%
Nursing and Health Professions 47 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 16 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 16 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 2%
Other 74 13%
Unknown 269 48%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. 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 15 May 2021.
All research outputs
#3,513,568
of 28,931,373 outputs
Outputs from Trials
#1,054
of 6,869 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#81,763
of 440,187 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Trials
#33
of 215 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 28,931,373 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 87th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 6,869 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.1. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% 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 440,187 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 81% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 215 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% of its contemporaries.