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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 (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (86th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
5 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
33 X users
wikipedia
4 Wikipedia pages
reddit
1 Redditor
bluesky
1 Bluesky user

Readers on

mendeley
140 Mendeley
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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 140 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 %
Unknown 140 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 38 27%
Researcher 23 16%
Student > Bachelor 12 9%
Student > Master 11 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 5%
Other 12 9%
Unknown 37 26%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 68 49%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 26 19%
Engineering 2 1%
Environmental Science 1 <1%
Computer Science 1 <1%
Other 3 2%
Unknown 39 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 66. 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 March 2026.
All research outputs
#790,282
of 32,692,245 outputs
Outputs from eLife
#1,947
of 18,727 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#13,577
of 380,452 outputs
Outputs of similar age from eLife
#46
of 342 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,692,245 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 18,727 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 30.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 89% 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 380,452 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 96% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 342 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 86% of its contemporaries.