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| Title |
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) as a drought tolerant and food security crop
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|---|---|
| Published in |
South African Journal of Science, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.17159/sajs.2015/20140252 |
| Authors |
Nozipho M. Motsa, Albert T. Modi, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 240 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 240 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 44 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 10% |
| Researcher | 14 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 32 | 13% |
| Unknown | 87 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 93 | 39% |
| Environmental Science | 9 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 24 | 10% |
| Unknown | 96 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 November 2019.
All research outputs
#7,779,140
of 25,377,790 outputs
Outputs from South African Journal of Science
#462
of 1,375 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#110,281
of 393,537 outputs
Outputs of similar age from South African Journal of Science
#9
of 30 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,377,790 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 69th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,375 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 65% 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 393,537 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 30 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 70% of its contemporaries.