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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Examination of the ocean as a source for atmospheric microplastics
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2020
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0232746 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steve Allen, Deonie Allen, Kerry Moss, Gaël Le Roux, Vernon R. Phoenix, Jeroen E. Sonke |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 76 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 | 10 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 13% |
| France | 6 | 8% |
| Italy | 4 | 5% |
| Canada | 3 | 4% |
| Germany | 3 | 4% |
| Turkey | 2 | 3% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 31 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 50 | 66% |
| Scientists | 23 | 30% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 408 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 408 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 53 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 50 | 12% |
| Researcher | 49 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 40 | 10% |
| Other | 14 | 3% |
| Other | 56 | 14% |
| Unknown | 146 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 82 | 20% |
| Engineering | 34 | 8% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 24 | 6% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 22 | 5% |
| Other | 58 | 14% |
| Unknown | 161 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 410. 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 28 February 2024.
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#73,377
of 25,795,662 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#1,220
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#2,828
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Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#23
of 2,891 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,795,662 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 224,881 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.8. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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