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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 (89th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (72nd percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
twitter
12 X users
patent
1 patent
reddit
1 Redditor

Readers on

mendeley
172 Mendeley

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X Demographics

X Demographics

The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 172 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 172 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 22 13%
Student > Bachelor 19 11%
Student > Master 18 10%
Other 11 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 6%
Other 32 19%
Unknown 60 35%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 46 27%
Nursing and Health Professions 17 10%
Social Sciences 7 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 2%
Other 29 17%
Unknown 65 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. 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 16 March 2023.
All research outputs
#2,194,239
of 32,185,128 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Infection
#479
of 3,658 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#46,894
of 441,315 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Infection
#24
of 87 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,185,128 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 93rd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,658 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 26.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 86% 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 441,315 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 89% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 87 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 72% of its contemporaries.