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| Title |
Tracking down the sources of experimental contamination in microbiome studies
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Genome Biology, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13059-014-0564-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sophie Weiss, Amnon Amir, Embriette R Hyde, Jessica L Metcalf, Se Jin Song, Rob Knight |
| Abstract |
A recent report warns that DNA extraction kits and other laboratory reagents are considerable sources of contamination in microbiome experiments. The issue of contamination is particularly problematic for samples of low biomass. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 37 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 Kingdom | 5 | 14% |
| United States | 5 | 14% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |
| Australia | 2 | 5% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Comoros | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 17 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 20 | 54% |
| Members of the public | 15 | 41% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 270 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 1% |
| Unknown | 245 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 67 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 46 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 37 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 10% |
| Other | 16 | 6% |
| Other | 36 | 13% |
| Unknown | 42 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 100 | 37% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 37 | 14% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 22 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 33 | 12% |
| Unknown | 52 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. 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 09 August 2016.
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#1,400
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#21,706
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#35
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Altmetric has tracked 25,373,627 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 93rd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 4,467 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 27.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 68% of its peers.
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