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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (69th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
4 news outlets
blogs
3 blogs
twitter
23 X users
patent
7 patents
facebook
1 Facebook page

Readers on

mendeley
309 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 309 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 59 19%
Researcher 52 17%
Student > Bachelor 29 9%
Student > Master 28 9%
Student > Postgraduate 12 4%
Other 41 13%
Unknown 88 28%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 95 31%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 37 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 30 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 7 2%
Chemistry 7 2%
Other 36 12%
Unknown 97 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 65. 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 10 September 2026.
All research outputs
#813,620
of 33,222,987 outputs
Outputs from Cancer Cell
#587
of 3,727 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#13,388
of 367,830 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cancer Cell
#13
of 43 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,222,987 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,727 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 37.3. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% 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 367,830 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 96% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 43 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 69% of its contemporaries.