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Psychological impact of being wrongfully accused of criminal offences: A systematic literature review

Overview of attention for article published in Medicine, Science and the Law, August 2020
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#1 of 689)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (93rd percentile)

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news
12 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs
policy
1 policy source
twitter
459 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page
reddit
63 Redditors
video
1 YouTube creator
podcasts
2 podcasts

Readers on

mendeley
138 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Psychological impact of being wrongfully accused of criminal offences: A systematic literature review
Published in
Medicine, Science and the Law, August 2020
DOI 10.1177/0025802420949069
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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 138 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 12 9%
Student > Master 12 9%
Researcher 6 4%
Lecturer 5 4%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 4%
Other 6 4%
Unknown 92 67%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 14 10%
Social Sciences 6 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 2%
Neuroscience 3 2%
Other 11 8%
Unknown 96 70%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 494. 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 September 2026.
All research outputs
#67,437
of 34,383,983 outputs
Outputs from Medicine, Science and the Law
#1
of 689 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,935
of 455,280 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Medicine, Science and the Law
#1
of 15 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,383,983 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 689 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% 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 455,280 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 15 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 93% of its contemporaries.