You are seeing a free-to-access but limited selection of the activity Altmetric has collected about this research output.
Click here to find out more.
X Demographics
Mendeley readers
Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Physiological Stress Mediates the Honesty of Social Signals
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2009
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0004983 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gary R. Bortolotti, Francois Mougeot, Jesus Martinez-Padilla, Lucy M. I. Webster, Stuart B. Piertney |
| Abstract |
Extravagant ornaments used as social signals evolved to advertise their bearers' quality. The Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis proposes that testosterone-dependent ornaments reliably signal health and parasite resistance; however, empirical studies have shown mixed support. Alternatively, immune function and parasite resistance may be indirectly or directly related to glucocorticoid stress hormones. We propose that an understanding of the interplay between the individual and its environment, particularly how they cope with stressors, is crucial for understanding the honesty of social signals. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 198 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 2% |
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| France | 2 | 1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 181 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 49 | 25% |
| Researcher | 43 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 14% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 15 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 36 | 18% |
| Unknown | 17 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 134 | 68% |
| Environmental Science | 17 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 3% |
| Psychology | 6 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 4% |
| Unknown | 23 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. 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 13 April 2015.
All research outputs
#3,911,645
of 22,705,019 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#56,034
of 193,828 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,257
of 93,110 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#153
of 503 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,705,019 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 82nd percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 193,828 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% 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 93,110 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 83% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 503 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 69% of its contemporaries.