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The ethics of ongoing puberty suppression for non-binary adults</a></h1> <div class='tagline'>Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Medical Ethics, July 2020</div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper'> <div class='score-panel'> <div class='altmetric-badge-wrapper'> <div style="background-image: url(https://badges.altmetric.com/?style=donut&score=687&types=mbrttttt&size=242); background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(https://badges.altmetric.com/?style=donut&score=687&types=mbrttttt&size=242&svg);" class="altmetric-badge">Altmetric Badge</div> </div> <div class='score-context-wrapper' data-hide='Less…' data-show='More…'> <h2> <a class="contextual-help-link" data-type="score" title="About this data" data-content="<h3>What is the Altmetric Attention Score?</h3> <p>The Altmetric Attention Score for a research output provides an indicator of the amount of attention that it has received. The score is derived from an automated algorithm, and represents a weighted count of the amount of attention we've picked up for a research output.</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://help.altmetric.com/support/solutions/articles/6000233311-how-is-the-altmetric-attention-score-calculated-">Click here to learn more about how Altmetric Attention Scores are calculated.</a></p> " href="#"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a> About this Attention Score </h2> <ul> <li> <div class='summary'>In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric</div> </li> <li> <div class='summary'>Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#15 of 3,842)</div> </li> <li> <div class='summary'>High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)</div> </li> <li> <div class='summary'>High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (98th percentile)</div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class='mention-counts-wrapper'> <h2>Mentioned by</h2> <dl class='mention-counts'> <dt style="background-color: #B60000">news</dt><dd><a href="/details/86624426/news"><strong>1</strong> news outlet</a></dd> <dt style="background-color: #e89500">blogs</dt><dd><a href="/details/86624426/blogs"><strong>2</strong> blogs</a></dd> </dl> <dl class='mention-counts'> <dt style="background-color: #2F90B9">twitter</dt><dd><a href="/details/86624426/twitter"><strong>856</strong> X users</a></dd> <dt style="background-color: #B9DDEB">reddit</dt><dd><a href="/details/86624426/reddit"><strong>1</strong> Redditor</a></dd> </dl> </div> <div class='scholarly-citation-counts-wrapper'> <h2>Citations</h2> <dl class='scholarly-citation-counts'> <dt style="background-color: #0d4667">dimensions_citation</dt><dd><a href="/details/86624426/citations"><strong>35</strong> Dimensions</a></dd> </dl> </div> <div class='reader-counts-wrapper'> <h2>Readers on</h2> <dl class='reader-counts'> <dt style="background-color: #A60000">mendeley</dt><dd><a href="/details/86624426#mendeley-demographics"><strong>71</strong> Mendeley</a></dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div class='content-panel'><div class='tab-panel-wrapper'> <div class='tab-panel'> <a class="summary_tab" href="/details/86624426">Summary</a> <a class="active" href="/details/86624426/news">News</a> <a href="/details/86624426/blogs">Blogs</a> <a href="/details/86624426/twitter">X</a> <a href="/details/86624426/reddit">Reddit</a> <a class="citation_tab" href="/details/86624426/citations">Dimensions citations</a> </div> </div> <div class='content-panel-inner' id='main-content'> <div class='tabbed-panel post-category msm'> <div class='section-summary'> <div class='link'> <a class="contextual-help-link" data-type="news" title="About this data" data-content="<h3>What am I seeing on this tab?</h3> <p>Altmetric automatically searches through a huge collection of news outlets for mentions of research outputs. News stories that link to research outputs or are detected by text-mining will be added to this tab. Learn more <a href="https://www.altmetric.com/about-our-data/our-sources/" target='_blank'>here</a>.</p> <p>All news outlets in our collection have been individually curated and added to the Altmetric database by a member of our team.</p> <p>We strive to pick up mentions quickly, but it can take some time to process all of the information we collect, especially at peak times. If something is still missing after a day or so, then let us know by filling out <a href="https://altmetric.typeform.com/to/SWoxIY" target="_blank">this form</a>. A member of our team will review your request as soon as possible.</p> <p>Very rarely, for a small minority of research outputs that have received an extremely large volume of attention, Altmetric optimises the loading of details pages by displaying a maximum of 10,000 mentions per attention source tab. However, the counts in the legend and in the source tab itself are always accurately displayed.</p> " href="#"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a> </div> <div class='text'> So far, Altmetric has seen <strong>1</strong> news story. </div> </div> <section class='post-list'><article class='post msm'> <a target="_blank" class="block_link" href="http://ct.moreover.com/?a=51866568783&p=1pl&v=1&x=mZOkEpzZZZtIr9PnSk-Obg"><img alt='UnHerd.com' class='avatar' src='https://s3.amazonaws.com/weyland.altmetric.com/news_sources/logos/000/006/698/normal/34.PNG?1639129435'> <div class='content with_image'> <h3>Can paedophilia ever be a thought experiment?</h3> <h4>UnHerd.com, <time datetime="2023-09-21T23:03:04Z">21 Sep 2023</time></h4> <p class='summary'>'Novels can do it much better.' (Screen Archives/) Imagine that a philosophy professor is invited onto a podcast.</p> </div> </a></article> </section> <a class='post-limit-message' href='https://www.altmetric.com/details-page-access/' target='_blank'> <p>This page shows the <strong>most recent news stories</strong> that mention this research output.</p> <p> <strong>Click here</strong> to find out how to access more activity. </p> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='branding-footer'> <p class='credits'>This page is provided by <a href='http://www.altmetric.com' target='_blank'>Altmetric</a>.</p> <a class='logo' href='https://www.altmetric.com' target='_blank'>Altmetric</a> </div> </div> <script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body> </html>