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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Coming to terms with the nonmedical use of prescription medications
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, November 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1747-597x-3-22 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Carol J Boyd, Sean E McCabe |
| Abstract |
In this commentary we highlight limitations with the way nonmedical use of prescription medications has been measured in U.S. national studies. We also offer an alternative way of conceptualizing the nonmedical use of prescription medications for future study. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 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 | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 45 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 42 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 11% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 9 | 20% |
| Unknown | 9 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 10 | 22% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 7 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 01 February 2024.
All research outputs
#7,247,664
of 25,278,281 outputs
Outputs from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#419
of 737 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#44,660
of 180,709 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#2
of 3 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,278,281 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 71st percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 737 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.5. This one is in the 43rd percentile – i.e., 43% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 3 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one.