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Mendeley readers
Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Apes, lice and prehistory
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Biology, January 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/jbiol114 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robin A Weiss |
| Abstract |
Although most epidemic human infectious diseases are caused by recently introduced pathogens, cospeciation of parasite and host is commonplace for endemic infections. Occasional host infidelity, however, provides the endemic parasite with an opportunity to survive the potential extinction of its host. Such infidelity may account for the survival of certain types of human lice, and it is currently exemplified by viruses such as HIV. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 9% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Japan | 1 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Comoros | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 25 | 71% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 32 | 91% |
| Scientists | 2 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 124 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 3% |
| Brazil | 4 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Chile | 2 | 2% |
| South Africa | 2 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Hungary | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 102 | 82% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 29 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 33 | 27% |
| Unknown | 12 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 58 | 47% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 27 | 22% |
| Unknown | 14 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 123. 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 04 December 2023.
All research outputs
#359,282
of 26,367,288 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Biology
#4
of 124 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,047
of 189,050 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Biology
#2
of 52 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 26,367,288 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 124 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.6. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
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