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The covid-19 elimination debate needs correct data

Overview of attention for article published in British Medical Journal, October 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 (92nd percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (60th percentile)

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1 news outlet
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1 blog
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27 X users
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2 Redditors

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Article details
Title
The covid-19 elimination debate needs correct data
Published in
British Medical Journal, October 2020
DOI 10.1136/bmj.m3883
Pubmed ID
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 19 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 4 21%
Student > Master 3 16%
Student > Bachelor 2 11%
Researcher 2 11%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 5%
Other 2 11%
Unknown 5 26%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 11%
Social Sciences 2 11%
Environmental Science 1 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 7 37%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 32. 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 17 August 2024.
All research outputs
#1,587,112
of 34,378,656 outputs
Outputs from British Medical Journal
#13,580
of 75,523 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#32,717
of 467,034 outputs
Outputs of similar age from British Medical Journal
#327
of 831 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,378,656 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 75,523 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 40.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 82% 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 467,034 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 92% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 831 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 60% of its contemporaries.