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Apes, lice and prehistory

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Biology, January 2009
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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 125)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

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8 news outlets
blogs
5 blogs
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31 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page
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12 Wikipedia pages
reddit
1 Redditor
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4 YouTube creators

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121 Mendeley
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1 Connotea
Title
Apes, lice and prehistory
Published in
Journal of Biology, January 2009
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.

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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 99 82%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 29 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 16%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Student > Master 10 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 7%
Other 29 24%
Unknown 13 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 58 48%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 6%
Social Sciences 5 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 3%
Other 23 19%
Unknown 15 12%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 120. 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
#377,663
of 26,639,477 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Biology
#4
of 125 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,108
of 189,728 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Biology
#2
of 51 outputs
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