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Munchausen syndrome and Munchausen syndrome by proxy: a narrative review

Overview of attention for article published in Einstein (São Paulo), January 2017
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#2 of 750)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

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news
76 news outlets
blogs
3 blogs
twitter
33 X users
wikipedia
3 Wikipedia pages
reddit
15 Redditors
video
5 YouTube creators
podcasts
4 podcasts

Readers on

mendeley
164 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Munchausen syndrome and Munchausen syndrome by proxy: a narrative review
Published in
Einstein (São Paulo), January 2017
DOI 10.1590/s1679-45082017md3746
Pubmed ID
Authors

Daniel de Sousa, Elton Yoji Kanomata, Ricardo Jonathan Feldman, Alfredo Maluf

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 164 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 25 15%
Student > Master 13 8%
Student > Postgraduate 12 7%
Researcher 10 6%
Other 8 5%
Other 18 11%
Unknown 78 48%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 48 29%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 7%
Psychology 10 6%
Social Sciences 3 2%
Neuroscience 2 1%
Other 11 7%
Unknown 79 48%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 664. 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 27 September 2026.
All research outputs
#40,939
of 34,564,881 outputs
Outputs from Einstein (São Paulo)
#2
of 750 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#696
of 463,605 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Einstein (São Paulo)
#1
of 26 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,564,881 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 750 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% 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 463,605 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 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 26 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 96% of its contemporaries.