This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. 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 06 September 2026.
All research outputs
#2,930,052
of 34,297,219 outputs
Outputs from PLoS Biology
#3,488
of 7,781 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#9,033
of 136,050 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLoS Biology
#30
of 77 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,297,219 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 91st percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 7,781 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 56.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 54% 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 136,050 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 93% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 77 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 61% of its contemporaries.
