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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (94th percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (55th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
blogs
1 blog
policy
1 policy source
twitter
2 X users
facebook
7 Facebook pages

Readers on

mendeley
147 Mendeley
citeulike
6 CiteULike
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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Italy 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 142 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 32 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 15%
Student > Master 18 12%
Student > Bachelor 14 10%
Professor 12 8%
Other 23 16%
Unknown 26 18%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 45 31%
Medicine and Dentistry 21 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 18 12%
Immunology and Microbiology 17 12%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 3%
Other 13 9%
Unknown 29 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. 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 November 2025.
All research outputs
#2,155,368
of 29,694,015 outputs
Outputs from Nature Genetics
#2,876
of 8,210 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#17,598
of 308,614 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature Genetics
#33
of 77 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 29,694,015 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 92nd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 8,210 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 44.3. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 64% 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 308,614 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 94% 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 55% of its contemporaries.