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Razor sharp: The role of Occam's razor in science

Overview of attention for article published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, November 2023
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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 (95th percentile)

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news
19 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
18 X users
peer_reviews
1 peer review site
wikipedia
4 Wikipedia pages
reddit
3 Redditors
bluesky
1 Bluesky user
podcasts
1 podcast

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40 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Razor sharp: The role of Occam's razor in science
Published in
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, November 2023
DOI 10.1111/nyas.15086
Pubmed ID
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 40 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 5 13%
Student > Master 4 10%
Lecturer 3 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 8%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 2 5%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 19 48%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 5%
Computer Science 2 5%
Psychology 2 5%
Other 10 25%
Unknown 20 50%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 184. 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 01 October 2026.
All research outputs
#273,777
of 34,444,361 outputs
Outputs from Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
#95
of 15,306 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,323
of 455,784 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
#1
of 20 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,444,361 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 15,306 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% 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 455,784 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 20 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 95% of its contemporaries.