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A hypothesis is a liability

Overview of attention for article published in Genome Biology, September 2020
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#4 of 4,510)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (98th percentile)

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Title
A hypothesis is a liability
Published in
Genome Biology, September 2020
DOI 10.1186/s13059-020-02133-w
Pubmed ID
Authors

Itai Yanai, Martin Lercher

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 395 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 87 22%
Researcher 72 18%
Student > Master 43 11%
Student > Bachelor 36 9%
Other 19 5%
Other 70 18%
Unknown 68 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 93 24%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 57 14%
Psychology 35 9%
Environmental Science 24 6%
Computer Science 16 4%
Other 82 21%
Unknown 88 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1397. 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 31 January 2024.
All research outputs
#9,102
of 25,748,735 outputs
Outputs from Genome Biology
#4
of 4,510 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#465
of 426,407 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Genome Biology
#1
of 91 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,748,735 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 4,510 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 27.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 426,407 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 91 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its contemporaries.