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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)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (73rd percentile)

Mentioned by

news
2 news outlets
blogs
6 blogs
twitter
22 X users
patent
2 patents
facebook
4 Facebook pages
wikipedia
6 Wikipedia pages
googleplus
1 Google+ user

Readers on

mendeley
741 Mendeley
citeulike
1 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 741 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 %
United States 6 <1%
France 4 <1%
Switzerland 3 <1%
China 3 <1%
India 3 <1%
Brazil 2 <1%
Norway 2 <1%
Netherlands 2 <1%
Italy 2 <1%
Other 16 2%
Unknown 698 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 172 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 157 21%
Student > Master 78 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 41 6%
Student > Postgraduate 36 5%
Other 127 17%
Unknown 130 18%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 453 61%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 99 13%
Computer Science 10 1%
Environmental Science 7 <1%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 <1%
Other 22 3%
Unknown 146 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 76. 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 30 March 2025.
All research outputs
#706,261
of 34,296,127 outputs
Outputs from Nature Genetics
#1,263
of 8,759 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,035
of 245,248 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature Genetics
#20
of 76 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,296,127 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 8,759 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 44.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 85% 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 245,248 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 76 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 73% of its contemporaries.