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Toxoplasma gondii

Overview of attention for article published in Current Biology, July 2018
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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 (93rd percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (66th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Toxoplasma gondii
Published in
Current Biology, July 2018
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.035
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Abstract

Putting cat lovers on notice: Toxoplasma gondii is here to control your brain…or is it? Kochanowsky and Koshy shine the spotlight on this notorious pathogen.

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 493 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 80 16%
Student > Master 41 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 5%
Researcher 24 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 14 3%
Other 39 8%
Unknown 269 55%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 51 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 43 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 30 6%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 25 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 25 5%
Other 40 8%
Unknown 279 57%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. 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 14 October 2026.
All research outputs
#1,398,366
of 32,923,773 outputs
Outputs from Current Biology
#3,748
of 16,880 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#22,795
of 363,394 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Current Biology
#73
of 218 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,923,773 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 16,880 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 63.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% 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 363,394 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 218 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.