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Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN), an Emerging Threat to Maize-Based Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Overview of attention for article published in Phytopathology, July 2015
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#23 of 3,823)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (97th percentile)

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news
7 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
policy
2 policy sources
twitter
3 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page

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mendeley
286 Mendeley
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Mexico 2 <1%
Uganda 1 <1%
Kenya 1 <1%
Unknown 282 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 54 19%
Researcher 45 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 35 12%
Student > Bachelor 26 9%
Other 10 3%
Other 26 9%
Unknown 90 31%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 121 42%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 22 8%
Engineering 8 3%
Environmental Science 7 2%
Social Sciences 6 2%
Other 20 7%
Unknown 102 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 65. 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 01 January 2026.
All research outputs
#818,575
of 33,704,742 outputs
Outputs from Phytopathology
#23
of 3,823 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,540
of 301,162 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Phytopathology
#1
of 35 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,704,742 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 3,823 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.4. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% 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 301,162 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 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 35 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 97% of its contemporaries.