| Title |
Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 2013
|
| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd000980.pub4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Harri Hemilä, Elizabeth Chalker |
| Abstract |
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) for preventing and treating the common cold has been a subject of controversy for 70 years. |
Twitter Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 106 | 8% |
| Saudi Arabia | 85 | 6% |
| United States | 50 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 45 | 3% |
| Brazil | 37 | 3% |
| Spain | 34 | 3% |
| Canada | 32 | 2% |
| Ecuador | 13 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 13 | <1% |
| Other | 197 | 15% |
| Unknown | 708 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1191 | 90% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 64 | 5% |
| Scientists | 45 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 17 | 1% |
| Unknown | 3 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,255 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Peru | 2 | <1% |
| Finland | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Paraguay | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Egypt | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1237 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 236 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 158 | 13% |
| Researcher | 119 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 87 | 7% |
| Other | 76 | 6% |
| Other | 250 | 20% |
| Unknown | 329 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 312 | 25% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 123 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 98 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 77 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 69 | 5% |
| Other | 217 | 17% |
| Unknown | 359 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
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#1,409
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#7
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#3
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#2
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