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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 (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (87th percentile)

Mentioned by

twitter
263 X users
patent
1 patent

Readers on

mendeley
142 Mendeley
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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 142 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 142 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 27 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 16%
Student > Bachelor 14 10%
Student > Master 11 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 5%
Other 15 11%
Unknown 45 32%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 53 37%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 4%
Computer Science 4 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 2%
Other 11 8%
Unknown 49 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 157. 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 August 2026.
All research outputs
#329,759
of 34,581,411 outputs
Outputs from Nature Genetics
#518
of 8,814 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,283
of 484,467 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature Genetics
#6
of 48 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,581,411 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 8,814 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 44.6. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% 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 484,467 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 48 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 87% of its contemporaries.