This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 24 May 2011.
All research outputs
#8,164,530
of 27,520,826 outputs
Outputs from PLoS Biology
#9,782
of 11,028 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#31,215
of 95,518 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLoS Biology
#39
of 66 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 27,520,826 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 68th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 11,028 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 41.6. This one is in the 10th percentile – i.e., 10% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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 95,518 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 65% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 66 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 33rd percentile – i.e., 33% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
