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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 (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (98th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
twitter
97 X users

Readers on

mendeley
171 Mendeley
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 171 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 171 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 19 11%
Student > Master 13 8%
Researcher 13 8%
Student > Postgraduate 13 8%
Student > Bachelor 11 6%
Other 25 15%
Unknown 77 45%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 47 27%
Neuroscience 16 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 2%
Social Sciences 3 2%
Arts and Humanities 2 1%
Other 7 4%
Unknown 93 54%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 78. 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 04 November 2025.
All research outputs
#682,687
of 34,200,840 outputs
Outputs from Neurosurgery
#54
of 7,605 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#14,820
of 467,424 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Neurosurgery
#1
of 65 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,200,840 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 7,605 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.0. 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 467,424 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 96% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 65 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 98% of its contemporaries.