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Self-tracking the microbiome: where do we go from here?

Overview of attention for article published in Microbiome, December 2015
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  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (77th percentile)

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Title
Self-tracking the microbiome: where do we go from here?
Published in
Microbiome, December 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40168-015-0138-x
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Authors

Carine Gimbert, François-Joseph Lapointe

Abstract

The quantified self community brings together enthusiasts who are using technological devices to monitor their health and social media to share their personal data with others online. In light of the growing popularity of this movement, self-trackers are challenging the health-care system by raising important questions about data ownership and risk-taking. As we enter a new era of consumer genomics, a significant number of quantified self (QS) individuals are now interested in the monitoring of their microbiome and performing personal interventions. In this paper, we discuss the scientific validity of experiments involving serial observations of a single individual as opposed to randomized clinical trials. We look at self-tracking from an ethical standpoint by questioning the risks and assessing the potential benefits for personalized medicine in general and for microbiome research in particular.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 1%
Sweden 1 1%
Unknown 81 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 20%
Researcher 10 12%
Student > Bachelor 10 12%
Student > Master 9 11%
Other 4 5%
Other 14 17%
Unknown 19 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 11%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 6%
Psychology 5 6%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 5%
Other 24 29%
Unknown 22 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 29. 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 05 January 2023.
All research outputs
#1,337,983
of 25,401,381 outputs
Outputs from Microbiome
#441
of 1,760 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#22,227
of 394,989 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Microbiome
#9
of 35 outputs
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