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X Demographics
Mendeley readers
| Title |
Why didn't Darwin discover Mendel's laws?
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Biology, February 2009
|
| DOI | 10.1186/jbiol123 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jonathan C Howard |
| Abstract |
Darwin's focus on small quantitative variations as the raw material of evolution may have prevented him from discovering the laws of inheritance. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 43% |
| United States | 2 | 10% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Turkey | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 7 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 57% |
| Scientists | 6 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 135 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Mexico | 2 | 1% |
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Argentina | 2 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1% |
| South Africa | 2 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 13 | 10% |
| Unknown | 103 | 76% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 30 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 20% |
| Professor | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 10% |
| Other | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 34 | 25% |
| Unknown | 5 | 4% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 79 | 59% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 8 | 6% |