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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 (93rd percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (66th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
twitter
9 X users
patent
7 patents

Readers on

mendeley
160 Mendeley
citeulike
2 CiteULike
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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 160 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 %
United States 2 1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 155 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 36 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 30 19%
Student > Bachelor 15 9%
Other 14 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 6%
Other 33 21%
Unknown 23 14%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 51 32%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 36 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 19 12%
Computer Science 5 3%
Engineering 5 3%
Other 15 9%
Unknown 29 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. 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 17 August 2025.
All research outputs
#2,057,610
of 33,503,639 outputs
Outputs from Nature Communications
#29,643
of 81,318 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#21,002
of 303,537 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature Communications
#263
of 809 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,503,639 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 93rd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 81,318 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 49.3. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% 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 303,537 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 93% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 809 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 66% of its contemporaries.