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| Title |
The vocabulary of microbiome research: a proposal
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Microbiome, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40168-015-0094-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Julian R. Marchesi, Jacques Ravel |
| Abstract |
The advancement of DNA/RNA, proteins, and metabolite analytical platforms, combined with increased computing technologies, has transformed the field of microbial community analysis. This transformation is evident by the exponential increase in the number of publications describing the composition and structure, and sometimes function, of the microbial communities inhabiting the human body. This rapid evolution of the field has been accompanied by confusion in the vocabulary used to describe different aspects of these communities and their environments. The misuse of terms such as microbiome, microbiota, metabolomic, and metagenome and metagenomics among others has contributed to misunderstanding of many study results by the scientific community and the general public alike. A few review articles have previously defined those terms, but mainly as sidebars, and no clear definitions or use cases have been published. In this editorial, we aim to propose clear definitions of each of these terms, which we would implore scientists in the field to adopt and perfect. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 154 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 | 20 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 9% |
| Spain | 11 | 7% |
| France | 9 | 6% |
| Canada | 5 | 3% |
| Australia | 5 | 3% |
| Finland | 4 | 3% |
| Ireland | 3 | 2% |
| Japan | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 21 | 14% |
| Unknown | 60 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 74 | 48% |
| Members of the public | 68 | 44% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 12 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 2,185 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | <1% |
| Brazil | 3 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| India | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | <1% |
| Unknown | 2152 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 334 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 302 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 277 | 13% |
| Researcher | 253 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 128 | 6% |
| Other | 272 | 12% |
| Unknown | 619 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 431 | 20% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 334 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 199 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 153 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 69 | 3% |
| Other | 289 | 13% |
| Unknown | 710 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 168. 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 10 April 2024.
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