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Language evolution and climate: the case of desiccation and tone

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Language Evolution, February 2016
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#6 of 103)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (94th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (83rd percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
blogs
3 blogs
twitter
13 X users
wikipedia
2 Wikipedia pages
reddit
4 Redditors

Readers on

mendeley
51 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Language evolution and climate: the case of desiccation and tone
Published in
Journal of Language Evolution, February 2016
DOI 10.1093/jole/lzv004
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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Colombia 1 2%
Unknown 50 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 10 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 16%
Student > Master 6 12%
Lecturer 4 8%
Professor 4 8%
Other 9 18%
Unknown 10 20%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Linguistics 16 31%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 8%
Psychology 4 8%
Environmental Science 3 6%
Social Sciences 3 6%
Other 9 18%
Unknown 12 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 39. 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 02 August 2025.
All research outputs
#1,324,682
of 34,323,687 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Language Evolution
#6
of 103 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#16,892
of 336,549 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Language Evolution
#2
of 12 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,323,687 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 103 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.5. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% 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 336,549 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 94% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 12 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 83% of its contemporaries.