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Built for Jumping: the Design of the Frog Muscular System

Overview of attention for article published in Science, January 1994
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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 (92nd percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (71st percentile)

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Article details
Title
Built for Jumping: the Design of the Frog Muscular System
Published in
Science, January 1994
DOI 10.1126/science.8278808
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Abstract

Frogs must generate a high level of mechanical power when they jump. The muscular system of frogs that jump is presumably designed to deliver these high powers. The length changes and activation pattern that muscles undergo during jumping were measured, and isolated muscle bundles were driven through this in vivo pattern. During jumping, muscles generated maximum power. Specifically, the muscle fibers (i) operated at optimal sarcomere lengths, (ii) operated at optimal shortening velocities, and (iii) were maximally activated during power generation. Thus, many different parameters must have evolved in concert to produce a system capable of this explosive jumping movement.

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
South Africa 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
United Arab Emirates 1 <1%
Unknown 121 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 22%
Student > Bachelor 18 14%
Student > Master 13 10%
Researcher 12 10%
Professor 11 9%
Other 24 19%
Unknown 20 16%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 52 42%
Engineering 19 15%
Sports and Recreations 10 8%
Environmental Science 5 4%
Neuroscience 4 3%
Other 10 8%
Unknown 25 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. 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 February 2017.
All research outputs
#4,952,879
of 28,829,220 outputs
Outputs from Science
#43,088
of 87,320 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#5,930
of 79,853 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science
#54
of 194 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 28,829,220 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 81st percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 87,320 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 66.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 50% of its peers.
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