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| Title |
Hitching a lift hydrodynamically - in swimming, flying and cycling
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Biology, January 2004
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| DOI | 10.1186/jbiol5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
R McNeill Alexander |
| Abstract |
Swimming animals set the water around them moving, and flying animals generate air movements. Other animals traveling with them can save energy by exploiting these movements of the fluid medium; similarly, a cyclist can save energy by riding close behind another. A new study of dolphin mothers and calves exemplifies the advantages of moving in concert. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 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 | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 55 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 51 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 9 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 5% |
| Professor | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 24 | 44% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 31% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 5% |
| Sports and Recreations | 3 | 5% |
| Engineering | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 24 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 20 August 2022.
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#7,421,564
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#1
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#29,856
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#2
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Altmetric has tracked 25,986,827 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 71st percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.2. This one scored the same or higher as 0 of them.
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