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An update on the physiology of two- and three-toed sloths

Overview of attention for article published in Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, February 2000
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#18 of 1,349)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (84th percentile)

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7 news outlets
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3 X users
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4 Wikipedia pages

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Article details
Title
An update on the physiology of two- and three-toed sloths
Published in
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, February 2000
DOI 10.1590/s0100-879x2000000200001
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Brazil 4 3%
United States 2 1%
United Kingdom 2 1%
Unknown 132 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 24 17%
Student > Bachelor 19 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 11%
Student > Master 15 11%
Student > Postgraduate 8 6%
Other 22 16%
Unknown 36 26%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 58 41%
Environmental Science 11 8%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 9 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Other 14 10%
Unknown 35 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 64. 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 23 February 2025.
All research outputs
#751,626
of 28,877,349 outputs
Outputs from Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
#18
of 1,349 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#711
of 125,245 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
#2
of 13 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 28,877,349 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 1,349 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.3. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% 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 125,245 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 13 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% of its contemporaries.