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| Title |
Academia's obsession with quantity
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.tree.2012.05.010 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joern Fischer, Euan G. Ritchie, Jan Hanspach |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 158 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 | 41 | 26% |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 10% |
| Australia | 7 | 4% |
| Canada | 6 | 4% |
| Spain | 5 | 3% |
| Brazil | 5 | 3% |
| Sweden | 3 | 2% |
| France | 3 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 17 | 11% |
| Unknown | 52 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 76 | 48% |
| Scientists | 75 | 47% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 695 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 35 | 5% |
| United States | 23 | 3% |
| Germany | 11 | 2% |
| France | 9 | 1% |
| Canada | 8 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 1% |
| Spain | 5 | <1% |
| Argentina | 5 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 5 | <1% |
| Other | 28 | 4% |
| Unknown | 558 | 80% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 197 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 126 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 66 | 9% |
| Professor | 57 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 42 | 6% |
| Other | 145 | 21% |
| Unknown | 62 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 356 | 51% |
| Environmental Science | 131 | 19% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 25 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 1% |
| Other | 60 | 9% |
| Unknown | 94 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 126. 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 15 December 2016.
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