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Acupuncture for induction of labour

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, August 2013
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (94th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (72nd percentile)

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2 blogs
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6 Wikipedia pages

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Title
Acupuncture for induction of labour
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, August 2013
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd002962.pub3
Pubmed ID
Authors

Smith, Caroline A, Crowther, Caroline A, Grant, Suzanne J

Abstract

This is one of a series of reviews of methods of cervical ripening and labour induction using standardised methodology. The use of complementary therapies is increasing and some women look to complementary therapies during pregnancy and childbirth to be used alongside conventional medical practice. Acupuncture involves the insertion of very fine needles into specific points of the body. The limited observational studies to date suggest acupuncture for induction of labour appears safe, has no known adverse effects to the fetus, and may be effective. However, the evidence regarding the clinical effectiveness of this technique is limited.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 2 1%
Canada 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Peru 1 <1%
Philippines 1 <1%
Unknown 169 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 37 21%
Student > Master 32 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 9%
Student > Postgraduate 15 9%
Researcher 14 8%
Other 43 25%
Unknown 18 10%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 88 50%
Nursing and Health Professions 36 21%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 5%
Social Sciences 7 4%
Psychology 6 3%
Other 10 6%
Unknown 19 11%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 26. 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 14 November 2021.
All research outputs
#1,310,407
of 23,511,526 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#3,007
of 12,735 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#11,720
of 197,730 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#65
of 234 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,511,526 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 94th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 12,735 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 33.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 76% 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 197,730 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 94% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 234 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 72% of its contemporaries.