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Evaluating Journal Impact Factor: a systematic survey of the pros and cons, and overview of alternative measures

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, January 2020
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Evaluating Journal Impact Factor: a systematic survey of the pros and cons, and overview of alternative measures
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, January 2020
DOI 10.1590/1678-9199-jvatitd-2019-0082
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Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 47 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 5 11%
Librarian 4 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 6%
Other 2 4%
Student > Bachelor 2 4%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 25 53%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Computer Science 4 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 6%
Engineering 3 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Other 7 15%
Unknown 26 55%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. 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 29 June 2022.
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#19,159,931
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Outputs from Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
#312
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Outputs of similar age
#309,707
of 485,778 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
#30
of 47 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 516 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.6. This one is in the 28th percentile – i.e., 28% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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