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| Title |
An optimistic vision for biosciences in South Africa: Reply to Thaldar et al. (2019)
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|---|---|
| Published in |
South African Journal of Science, July 2019
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| DOI | 10.17159/sajs.2019/a0312 |
| Authors |
Michael S. Pepper, Collet Dandara, Jantina de Vries, Amaboo Dhai, Melodie Labuschaigne, Freddy Mnyongani, Keymanthri Moodley, Antonel Olckers, Anne Pope, Raj Ramesar, Michèle Ramsay, Wayne Towers |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 6 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 6 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 2 | 33% |
| Professor | 1 | 17% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 17% |
| Librarian | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 17% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 05 August 2019.
All research outputs
#15,992,387
of 25,385,509 outputs
Outputs from South African Journal of Science
#877
of 1,375 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#202,819
of 359,103 outputs
Outputs of similar age from South African Journal of Science
#11
of 24 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,385,509 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 36th percentile – i.e., 36% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
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 is in the 33rd percentile – i.e., 33% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 24 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 50% of its contemporaries.