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| Title |
Excessive red tape is strangling biodiversity research in South Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
South African Journal of Science, September 2021
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| DOI | 10.17159/sajs.2021/10787 |
| Authors |
Graham J. Alexander, Krystal A. Tolley, Bryan Maritz, Andrew McKechnie, Paul Manger, Robert L. Thomson, Carsten Schradin, Andrea Fuller, Leith Meyer, Robyn S. Hetem, Michael Cherry, Werner Conradie, Aaron M. Bauer, David Maphisa, Justin O'Riain, Daniel M. Parker, Musa C. Mlambo, Gary Bronner, Kim Madikiza, Adriaan Engelbrecht, Alan T.K. Lee, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren, Tshifhiwa G. Mandiwana-Neudani, Darren Pietersen, Jan A. Venter, Michael J. Somers, Rob Slotow, W. Maartin Strauss, Marc S. Humphries, Peter G. Ryan, Graham I.H. Kerley |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 32 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 15 | 47% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
| Philippines | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 12 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 56% |
| Scientists | 11 | 34% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 53 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 53 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 14 | 26% |
| Professor | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 17% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 24 | 45% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 6% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | 4% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Unknown | 12 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 59. 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 23 November 2021.
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#720,580
of 25,392,582 outputs
Outputs from South African Journal of Science
#43
of 1,375 outputs
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#17,164
of 435,697 outputs
Outputs of similar age from South African Journal of Science
#2
of 26 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,392,582 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 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 done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 26 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 92% of its contemporaries.