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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 (95th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

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mendeley
784 Mendeley
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X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 784 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 784 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 103 13%
Researcher 83 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 65 8%
Student > Bachelor 52 7%
Other 37 5%
Other 111 14%
Unknown 333 42%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 132 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 80 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 71 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 49 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 22 3%
Other 75 10%
Unknown 355 45%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 53. 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 30 June 2026.
All research outputs
#985,593
of 33,738,238 outputs
Outputs from mBio
#645
of 7,880 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,142
of 351,662 outputs
Outputs of similar age from mBio
#13
of 140 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,738,238 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 7,880 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 23.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% 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 351,662 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 95% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 140 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 90% of its contemporaries.