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| Title |
Sex and the nose: human pheromonal responses
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, November 2016
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| DOI | 10.1258/jrsm.100.6.268 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mahmood F Bhutta |
| Abstract |
The chemosensory functions of the human nose are underappreciated. Traditional teaching is that the sense of smell detects volatile compounds, which may then allow the identification of substances that may be beneficial or harmful--such as good versus putrefied food. However, increasing evidence from research in other animals suggests that olfaction may serve another and more important purpose, that of mate selection in sexual reproduction; indeed, olfaction may be an essential impetus for evolution. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 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 | 2 | 29% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Spain | 1 | 14% |
| Norway | 1 | 14% |
| Australia | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 1 | 14% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 43% |
| Scientists | 3 | 43% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 92 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 5% |
| Germany | 3 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Philippines | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 78 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 16% |
| Researcher | 15 | 16% |
| Other | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 15 | 16% |
| Unknown | 9 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 39 | 42% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 10% |
| Psychology | 9 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 14% |
| Unknown | 10 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 56. 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 02 July 2023.
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#751,018
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Outputs from Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
#233
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#15,529
of 427,163 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
#10
of 104 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,175,727 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 2,842 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 28.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% of its peers.
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