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The Rat that Laughed

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific American, June 2012
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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 (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
8 news outlets
blogs
4 blogs
twitter
29 X users
facebook
3 Facebook pages
googleplus
1 Google+ user
reddit
26 Redditors
video
5 YouTube creators
podcasts
1 podcast

Readers on

mendeley
6 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
The Rat that Laughed
Published in
Scientific American, June 2012
DOI 10.1038/scientificamerican0712-74
Pubmed ID
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 6 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 2 33%
Student > Master 2 33%
Professor 1 17%
Unknown 1 17%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 2 33%
Arts and Humanities 1 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 17%
Psychology 1 17%
Unknown 1 17%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 128. 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 15 October 2026.
All research outputs
#415,442
of 34,593,328 outputs
Outputs from Scientific American
#470
of 7,905 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,696
of 213,902 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Scientific American
#2
of 63 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,593,328 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 7,905 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 36.2. 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 213,902 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 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 63 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 96% of its contemporaries.