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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 (91st percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (58th percentile)

Mentioned by

blogs
1 blog
twitter
14 X users
reddit
4 Redditors

Readers on

mendeley
238 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 238 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Brazil 2 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
Greece 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Other 2 <1%
Unknown 224 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 47 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 37 16%
Student > Master 27 11%
Student > Bachelor 20 8%
Student > Postgraduate 13 5%
Other 47 20%
Unknown 47 20%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 45 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 43 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 34 14%
Psychology 9 4%
Social Sciences 9 4%
Other 41 17%
Unknown 57 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. 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 25 November 2022.
All research outputs
#2,741,647
of 32,463,143 outputs
Outputs from PLoS Biology
#3,364
of 7,485 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#21,063
of 236,736 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLoS Biology
#33
of 80 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,463,143 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 91st percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 7,485 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 57.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 55% 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 236,736 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 91% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 80 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 58% of its contemporaries.