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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Disagreements with implications: diverging discourses on the ethics of non-medical use of methylphenidate for performance enhancement
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Ethics, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6939-10-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cynthia Forlini, Eric Racine |
| Abstract |
There is substantial evidence that methylphenidate (MPH; Ritalin), is being used by healthy university students for non-medical motives such as the improvement of concentration, alertness, and academic performance. The scope and potential consequences of the non-medical use of MPH upon healthcare and society bring about many points of view. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 104 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 4 | 4% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 92 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 13% |
| Researcher | 12 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 20 | 19% |
| Unknown | 22 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 21% |
| Psychology | 15 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 13% |
| Philosophy | 5 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 17% |
| Unknown | 25 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. 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 23 February 2015.
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#3,706,960
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#385
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#16,053
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#1
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