This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 42. 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 11 December 2025.
All research outputs
#1,205,452
of 32,692,245 outputs
Outputs from PLoS Biology
#1,859
of 7,525 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,094
of 117,917 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLoS Biology
#7
of 77 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 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 7,525 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 57.3. This one has done well, scoring higher than 75% 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 117,917 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 98% 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 done particularly well, scoring higher than 90% of its contemporaries.
