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| Title |
Ionizing Radiation Changes the Electronic Properties of Melanin and Enhances the Growth of Melanized Fungi
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2007
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0000457 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ekaterina Dadachova, Ruth A. Bryan, Xianchun Huang, Tiffany Moadel, Andrew D. Schweitzer, Philip Aisen, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Arturo Casadevall |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 213 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 15% |
| Japan | 17 | 8% |
| France | 6 | 3% |
| Germany | 6 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 2% |
| Belgium | 2 | <1% |
| Argentina | 2 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 12 | 6% |
| Unknown | 130 | 61% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 183 | 86% |
| Scientists | 25 | 12% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 2% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 639 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Poland | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 2 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 10 | 2% |
| Unknown | 597 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 122 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 113 | 18% |
| Researcher | 108 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 70 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 25 | 4% |
| Other | 94 | 15% |
| Unknown | 107 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 222 | 35% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 89 | 14% |
| Chemistry | 39 | 6% |
| Engineering | 26 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 22 | 3% |
| Other | 113 | 18% |
| Unknown | 128 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1043. 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 16 May 2024.
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#15,546
of 25,918,061 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#227
of 226,161 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#13
of 84,107 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#1
of 133 outputs
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