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| Title |
Unlocking the potential of metagenomics through replicated experimental design
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| Published in |
Nature Biotechnology, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1038/nbt.2235 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rob Knight, Janet Jansson, Dawn Field, Noah Fierer, Narayan Desai, Jed A Fuhrman, Phil Hugenholtz, Daniel van der Lelie, Folker Meyer, Rick Stevens, Mark J Bailey, Jeffrey I Gordon, George A Kowalchuk, Jack A Gilbert |
| Abstract |
Metagenomics holds enormous promise for discovering novel enzymes and organisms that are biomarkers or drivers of processes relevant to disease, industry and the environment. In the past two years, we have seen a paradigm shift in metagenomics to the application of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies enabled by advances in DNA sequencing and high-performance computing. These technologies now make it possible to broadly assess microbial diversity and function, allowing systematic investigation of the largely unexplored frontier of microbial life. To achieve this aim, the global scientific community must collaborate and agree upon common objectives and data standards to enable comparative research across the Earth's microbiome. Improvements in comparability of data will facilitate the study of biotechnologically relevant processes, such as bioprospecting for new glycoside hydrolases or identifying novel energy sources. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 33% |
| United States | 3 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 8 | 67% |
| Members of the public | 4 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 894 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 44 | 5% |
| Brazil | 7 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | <1% |
| Chile | 5 | <1% |
| Germany | 4 | <1% |
| Spain | 4 | <1% |
| Denmark | 4 | <1% |
| Canada | 4 | <1% |
| Belgium | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 25 | 3% |
| Unknown | 788 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 233 | 26% |
| Researcher | 217 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 104 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 68 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 43 | 5% |
| Other | 158 | 18% |
| Unknown | 71 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 490 | 55% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 104 | 12% |
| Environmental Science | 64 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 24 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 3% |
| Other | 87 | 10% |
| Unknown | 102 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. 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 15 March 2017.
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Altmetric has tracked 23,344,526 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 79th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 8,327 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 41.3. This one is in the 44th percentile – i.e., 44% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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