It has long been believed that antibiotics have no role in the treatment of common colds yet they are often prescribed in the belief that they may prevent secondary bacterial infections.
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
20
5%
Psychology
10
2%
Social Sciences
10
2%
Other
50
12%
Unknown
134
32%
Attention Score in Context
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 196. 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 05 October 2024.
All research outputs
#218,342
of 26,741,834 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#353
of 13,274 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,340
of 212,902 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#10
of 293 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 26,741,834 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 13,274 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 35.8. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% 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 212,902 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 293 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.
