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A 'snip' in time: what is the best age to circumcise?

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pediatrics, February 2012
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#21 of 3,098)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
2 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs
policy
1 policy source
twitter
107 tweeters
facebook
9 Facebook pages
wikipedia
3 Wikipedia pages
reddit
1 Redditor

Readers on

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188 Mendeley
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Title
A 'snip' in time: what is the best age to circumcise?
Published in
BMC Pediatrics, February 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2431-12-20
Pubmed ID
Authors

Brian J Morris, Jake H Waskett, Joya Banerjee, Richard G Wamai, Aaron AR Tobian, Ronald H Gray, Stefan A Bailis, Robert C Bailey, Jeffrey D Klausner, Robin J Willcourt, Daniel T Halperin, Thomas E Wiswell, Adrian Mindel

Abstract

Circumcision is a common procedure, but regional and societal attitudes differ on whether there is a need for a male to be circumcised and, if so, at what age. This is an important issue for many parents, but also pediatricians, other doctors, policy makers, public health authorities, medical bodies, and males themselves.

Twitter Demographics

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 2%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Bangladesh 1 <1%
Nigeria 1 <1%
Unknown 181 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 28 15%
Student > Master 27 14%
Researcher 19 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 10%
Student > Postgraduate 14 7%
Other 38 20%
Unknown 43 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 65 35%
Social Sciences 16 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 8%
Psychology 10 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 4%
Other 23 12%
Unknown 51 27%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 127. 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 13 March 2023.
All research outputs
#287,155
of 23,392,375 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pediatrics
#21
of 3,098 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,264
of 156,819 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#1
of 33 outputs
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