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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 (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (92nd percentile)

Mentioned by

news
2 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
policy
5 policy sources
twitter
156 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page
bluesky
1 Bluesky user
podcasts
2 podcasts

Readers on

mendeley
888 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 888 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 888 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 130 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 100 11%
Student > Master 100 11%
Student > Bachelor 70 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 35 4%
Other 100 11%
Unknown 353 40%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 311 35%
Environmental Science 95 11%
Unspecified 19 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 1%
Social Sciences 9 1%
Other 54 6%
Unknown 388 44%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 154. 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 12 December 2025.
All research outputs
#332,754
of 34,279,751 outputs
Outputs from Ecology Letters
#94
of 3,755 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,963
of 455,437 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Ecology Letters
#4
of 50 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,279,751 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,755 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 25.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% 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 455,437 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 98% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 50 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 92% of its contemporaries.