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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

Mentioned by

blogs
4 blogs
twitter
2 X users
patent
3 patents
wikipedia
1 Wikipedia page
reddit
7 Redditors

Readers on

mendeley
557 Mendeley
citeulike
5 CiteULike
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 557 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 12 2%
Germany 3 <1%
Canada 3 <1%
Portugal 2 <1%
Italy 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
China 2 <1%
Russia 1 <1%
Other 6 1%
Unknown 522 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 117 21%
Researcher 107 19%
Student > Master 60 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 45 8%
Student > Bachelor 39 7%
Other 100 18%
Unknown 89 16%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 217 39%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 71 13%
Neuroscience 69 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 49 9%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 2%
Other 38 7%
Unknown 104 19%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. 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 20 August 2025.
All research outputs
#1,415,907
of 32,692,245 outputs
Outputs from Cell
#5,046
of 19,158 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,400
of 145,814 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cell
#9
of 94 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,692,245 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 19,158 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 62.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% 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 145,814 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 96% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 94 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 90% of its contemporaries.