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Save the tree of life or get lost in the woods

Overview of attention for article published in Biology Direct, July 2010
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (87th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (88th percentile)

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Title
Save the tree of life or get lost in the woods
Published in
Biology Direct, July 2010
DOI 10.1186/1745-6150-5-44
Pubmed ID
Authors

Ruben E Valas, Philip E Bourne

Abstract

The wealth of prokaryotic genomic data available has revealed that the histories of many genes are inconsistent, leading some to question the value of the tree of life hypothesis. It has been argued that a tree-like representation requires suppressing too much information, and that a more pluralistic approach is necessary for understanding prokaryotic evolution. We argue that trees may still be a useful representation for evolutionary histories in light of new data.

Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 76 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 5 7%
United Kingdom 3 4%
Denmark 2 3%
Germany 2 3%
Sweden 2 3%
South Africa 1 1%
Switzerland 1 1%
France 1 1%
Brazil 1 1%
Other 3 4%
Unknown 55 72%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 29 38%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 20%
Professor 5 7%
Student > Postgraduate 5 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 5 7%
Other 13 17%
Unknown 4 5%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 45 59%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 9%
Philosophy 3 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 4%
Social Sciences 2 3%
Other 9 12%
Unknown 7 9%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. 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 25 January 2017.
All research outputs
#3,312,810
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Biology Direct
#129
of 537 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,680
of 103,849 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Biology Direct
#1
of 9 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 537 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.3. This one has done well, scoring higher than 75% of its peers.
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