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| Title |
Biocrusts mediate a new mechanism for land degradation under a changing climate
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature Climate Change, January 2022
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| DOI | 10.1038/s41558-021-01249-6 |
| Authors |
M. L. Phillips, B. E. McNellis, A. Howell, C. M. Lauria, J. Belnap, S. C. Reed |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 86 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 | 33 | 38% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 5% |
| Australia | 3 | 3% |
| Uganda | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 37 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 45 | 52% |
| Scientists | 37 | 43% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 60 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 60 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 18% |
| Researcher | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Unknown | 17 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 22% |
| Environmental Science | 9 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 7% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 4 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 12% |
| Unknown | 21 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 83. 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 August 2023.
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Altmetric has tracked 25,732,188 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 4,270 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 131.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 70% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 71 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 60% of its contemporaries.