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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (74th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (65th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Rumor surveillance in support of minimally invasive tissue sampling for diagnosing the cause of child death in low-income countries: A qualitative study
Published in
PLOS ONE, January 2021
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0244552
Pubmed ID
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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 104 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 17 16%
Student > Master 11 11%
Other 5 5%
Student > Bachelor 5 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 4%
Other 11 11%
Unknown 51 49%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 12%
Social Sciences 12 12%
Psychology 3 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 2%
Other 8 8%
Unknown 54 52%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. 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 April 2025.
All research outputs
#5,991,140
of 28,948,594 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#112,296
of 250,191 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#139,447
of 547,739 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#1,013
of 2,901 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 28,948,594 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 79th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 250,191 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 55% 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 547,739 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 74% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 2,901 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 65% of its contemporaries.