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| Title |
An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, January 2021
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| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.2014564118 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jeremy Howard, Austin Huang, Zhiyuan Li, Zeynep Tufekci, Vladimir Zdimal, Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen, Arne von Delft, Amy Price, Lex Fridman, Lei-Han Tang, Viola Tang, Gregory L. Watson, Christina E. Bax, Reshama Shaikh, Frederik Questier, Danny Hernandez, Larry F. Chu, Christina M. Ramirez, Anne W. Rimoin |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24,292 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5241 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 1936 | 8% |
| Canada | 806 | 3% |
| Australia | 487 | 2% |
| France | 237 | <1% |
| Japan | 225 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 217 | <1% |
| Germany | 201 | <1% |
| Spain | 178 | <1% |
| Other | 1902 | 8% |
| Unknown | 12862 | 53% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 21625 | 89% |
| Scientists | 1412 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 763 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 411 | 2% |
| Unknown | 81 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,522 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1522 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 187 | 12% |
| Researcher | 148 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 141 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 126 | 8% |
| Other | 82 | 5% |
| Other | 266 | 17% |
| Unknown | 572 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 192 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 95 | 6% |
| Engineering | 81 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 74 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 61 | 4% |
| Other | 395 | 26% |
| Unknown | 624 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19376. 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 16 April 2024.
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So far Altmetric has tracked 103,665 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 39.8. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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