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Some like it hot, but not too hot

Overview of attention for article published in eLife, December 2015
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2 X users
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Article details
Title
Some like it hot, but not too hot
Published in
eLife, December 2015
DOI 10.7554/elife.12838
Pubmed ID
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Abstract

A temperature-sensitive receptor prevents mosquitoes from being attracted to targets that are hotter than a potential host.

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 1 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 1 100%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 100%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 05 January 2026.
All research outputs
#10,089,580
of 33,116,471 outputs
Outputs from eLife
#12,738
of 19,341 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#121,050
of 434,223 outputs
Outputs of similar age from eLife
#194
of 311 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,116,471 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 68th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 19,341 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 29.8. This one is in the 33rd percentile – i.e., 33% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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 434,223 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 70% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 311 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 36th percentile – i.e., 36% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.