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Syringe services program (SSP) operational changes during the COVID-19 global outbreak

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Drug Policy, June 2020
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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 (91st percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (75th percentile)

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1 news outlet
blogs
1 blog
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2 policy sources
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Article details
Title
Syringe services program (SSP) operational changes during the COVID-19 global outbreak
Published in
International Journal of Drug Policy, June 2020
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102821
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 98 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 16 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 10%
Other 6 6%
Student > Bachelor 6 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 5%
Other 15 15%
Unknown 40 41%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 3%
Other 16 16%
Unknown 45 46%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 29. 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 20 August 2024.
All research outputs
#1,686,724
of 34,149,189 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Drug Policy
#572
of 3,738 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#37,172
of 461,940 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Drug Policy
#24
of 98 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,149,189 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,738 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 25.5. 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 461,940 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 91% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 98 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 75% of its contemporaries.