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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 (98th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (78th percentile)

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mendeley
107 Mendeley
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X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 107 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 107 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 7 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 7%
Student > Postgraduate 7 7%
Student > Bachelor 6 6%
Researcher 6 6%
Other 21 20%
Unknown 53 50%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 40 37%
Unspecified 3 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 3%
Neuroscience 2 2%
Chemical Engineering 1 <1%
Other 2 2%
Unknown 56 52%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 144. 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 25 November 2025.
All research outputs
#365,053
of 34,565,638 outputs
Outputs from The Lancet
#3,586
of 52,274 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,005
of 570,475 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Lancet
#78
of 363 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,565,638 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 52,274 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 63.4. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% 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 570,475 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 98% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 363 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 78% of its contemporaries.