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Disinformation and Epidemics: Anticipating the Next Phase of Biowarfare

Overview of attention for article published in Health Security, February 2021
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#23 of 665)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (92nd percentile)

Mentioned by

news
3 news outlets
policy
3 policy sources
twitter
78 X users
reddit
3 Redditors
bluesky
1 Bluesky user

Readers on

mendeley
187 Mendeley
Article details
Title
Disinformation and Epidemics: Anticipating the Next Phase of Biowarfare
Published in
Health Security, February 2021
DOI 10.1089/hs.2020.0038
Pubmed ID
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 187 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 22 12%
Researcher 14 7%
Student > Bachelor 12 6%
Other 10 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 4%
Other 25 13%
Unknown 97 52%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 28 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 2%
Other 29 16%
Unknown 97 52%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 84. 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 September 2026.
All research outputs
#628,469
of 33,199,067 outputs
Outputs from Health Security
#23
of 665 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#14,256
of 476,874 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health Security
#1
of 14 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,199,067 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 665 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% 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 476,874 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 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 14 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 92% of its contemporaries.