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Genomic catalogue of giant viruses reveals expanded diversity and functional potential

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Microbiology, August 2026
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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 (96th percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (56th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Genomic catalogue of giant viruses reveals expanded diversity and functional potential
Published in
Nature Microbiology, August 2026
DOI 10.1038/s41564-026-02435-y
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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 34. 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 07 September 2026.
All research outputs
#1,486,099
of 34,320,268 outputs
Outputs from Nature Microbiology
#1,401
of 2,862 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#9,033
of 259,401 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature Microbiology
#27
of 62 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,320,268 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,862 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 90.3. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 51% 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 259,401 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 96% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 62 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 56% of its contemporaries.