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Evidence for the efficacy of melatonin in the treatment of primary adult sleep disorders

Overview of attention for article published in Sleep Medicine Reviews, July 2016
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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)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (95th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Evidence for the efficacy of melatonin in the treatment of primary adult sleep disorders
Published in
Sleep Medicine Reviews, July 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.smrv.2016.06.005
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 423 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 50 12%
Student > Master 44 10%
Researcher 39 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 6%
Other 25 6%
Other 67 16%
Unknown 171 40%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 62 15%
Neuroscience 26 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 24 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 23 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 19 4%
Other 83 20%
Unknown 186 44%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 162. 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 July 2026.
All research outputs
#319,295
of 34,599,687 outputs
Outputs from Sleep Medicine Reviews
#111
of 1,359 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,687
of 337,499 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Sleep Medicine Reviews
#1
of 20 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,599,687 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,359 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 55.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% 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 337,499 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 20 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 95% of its contemporaries.