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The effect of Dr Google on doctor–patient encounters in primary care: a quantitative, observational, cross-sectional study

Overview of attention for article published in BJGP Open, May 2017
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#12 of 622)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (94th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
7 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs
twitter
58 X users
facebook
5 Facebook pages

Citations

dimensions_citation
66 Dimensions

Readers on

mendeley
139 Mendeley
citeulike
1 CiteULike
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Title
The effect of Dr Google on doctor–patient encounters in primary care: a quantitative, observational, cross-sectional study
Published in
BJGP Open, May 2017
DOI 10.3399/bjgpopen17x100833
Pubmed ID
Authors

Noor Van Riel, Koen Auwerx, Pieterjan Debbaut, Sanne Van Hees, Birgitte Schoenmakers

X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 139 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 139 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 26 19%
Student > Master 12 9%
Researcher 8 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 6%
Student > Postgraduate 6 4%
Other 26 19%
Unknown 53 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 33 24%
Social Sciences 13 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 6%
Psychology 6 4%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 3%
Other 19 14%
Unknown 56 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 106. 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 January 2024.
All research outputs
#390,111
of 25,202,494 outputs
Outputs from BJGP Open
#12
of 622 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,096
of 316,565 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BJGP Open
#2
of 18 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,202,494 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 622 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% 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 316,565 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 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 18 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 94% of its contemporaries.