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Out of sight, but not out of mind

Overview of attention for article published in Nature, June 2008
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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 (92nd percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (74th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
blogs
1 blog

Readers on

mendeley
21 Mendeley
citeulike
3 CiteULike
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Article details
Title
Out of sight, but not out of mind
Published in
Nature, June 2008
DOI 10.1038/4531192a
Pubmed ID
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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 21 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 1 5%
Germany 1 5%
Austria 1 5%
Unknown 18 86%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 24%
Researcher 5 24%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 14%
Student > Master 2 10%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 10%
Other 3 14%
Unknown 1 5%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 38%
Neuroscience 5 24%
Psychology 3 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 5%
Other 2 10%
Unknown 1 5%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. 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 19 June 2013.
All research outputs
#2,605,746
of 28,841,988 outputs
Outputs from Nature
#49,525
of 105,825 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,159
of 107,718 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature
#140
of 582 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 28,841,988 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 90th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 105,825 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 99.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 52% 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 107,718 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 92% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 582 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 74% of its contemporaries.