| Title |
Characteristics of Medical Research News Reported on Front Pages of Newspapers
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0006103 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
William Yuk Yeu Lai, Trevor Lane |
| Abstract |
The placement of medical research news on a newspaper's front page is intended to gain the public's attention, so it is important to understand the source of the news in terms of research maturity and evidence level. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 49 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| Portugal | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 2% |
| Argentina | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 42 | 86% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 12% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Other | 13 | 27% |
| Unknown | 6 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 24% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 12% |
| Psychology | 4 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 20% |
| Unknown | 8 | 16% |