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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 (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
50 news outlets
blogs
7 blogs
twitter
117 X users
facebook
3 Facebook pages
wikipedia
1 Wikipedia page
reddit
3 Redditors

Readers on

mendeley
109 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 109 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 109 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 13%
Researcher 12 11%
Student > Master 6 6%
Student > Bachelor 5 5%
Lecturer 4 4%
Other 16 15%
Unknown 52 48%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 10 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 3%
Other 18 17%
Unknown 57 52%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 490. 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 June 2026.
All research outputs
#68,606
of 34,592,533 outputs
Outputs from Nature Medicine
#462
of 11,607 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,544
of 418,074 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature Medicine
#15
of 164 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,592,533 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 11,607 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 109.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% 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 418,074 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 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 164 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.