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Skin melanin is associated with body temperature regulation in humans and mice

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, November 2025
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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 (85th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (81st percentile)

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Article details
Title
Skin melanin is associated with body temperature regulation in humans and mice
Published in
PLOS ONE, November 2025
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0334735
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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 6 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 1 17%
Unknown 5 83%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Unspecified 1 17%
Unknown 5 83%
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 20 July 2026.
All research outputs
#6,039,331
of 34,151,039 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#57,692
of 223,932 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#50,550
of 364,687 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#242
of 1,426 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,151,039 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 223,932 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 17.1. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% 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 364,687 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 85% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 1,426 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 81% of its contemporaries.