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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#34 of 679)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (95th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (94th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
6 news outlets
policy
1 policy source
twitter
10 X users
reddit
1 Redditor
bluesky
3 Bluesky users

Readers on

mendeley
44 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Who Should We Fear More: Biohackers, Disgruntled Postdocs, or Bad Governments? A Simple Risk Chain Model of Biorisk
Published in
Health Security, June 2020
DOI 10.1089/hs.2019.0115
Pubmed ID
Authors

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X Demographics

X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 44 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 14%
Other 4 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 9%
Student > Master 2 5%
Other 8 18%
Unknown 16 36%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 11%
Social Sciences 5 11%
Engineering 4 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Computer Science 2 5%
Other 9 20%
Unknown 17 39%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 58. 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 20 September 2026.
All research outputs
#925,820
of 34,361,833 outputs
Outputs from Health Security
#34
of 679 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#21,259
of 461,783 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health Security
#1
of 18 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,361,833 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 679 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.9. 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 461,783 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 95% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 18 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 94% of its contemporaries.