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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#13 of 9,863)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (97th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
13 news outlets
twitter
1756 X users
facebook
3 Facebook pages
reddit
11 Redditors

Readers on

mendeley
107 Mendeley
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 107 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 17 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 11%
Student > Master 7 7%
Student > Bachelor 6 6%
Other 4 4%
Other 12 11%
Unknown 49 46%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 9%
Immunology and Microbiology 9 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Other 15 14%
Unknown 53 50%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1164. 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 16 August 2026.
All research outputs
#15,541
of 34,761,120 outputs
Outputs from Gut
#13
of 9,863 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#543
of 490,739 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Gut
#2
of 69 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,761,120 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 9,863 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 21.4. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 490,739 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 69 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its contemporaries.