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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Spontaneous Ejaculation in a Wild Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0072879 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tadamichi Morisaka, Mai Sakai, Kazunobu Kogi, Akane Nakasuji, Kasumi Sakakibara, Yuria Kasanuki, Motoi Yoshioka |
| Abstract |
Spontaneous ejaculation, which is defined as the release of seminal fluids without apparent sexual stimulation, has been documented in boreoeutherian mammals. Here we report spontaneous ejaculation in a wild Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), and present a video of this rare behavior. This is the first report of spontaneous ejaculation by an aquatic mammal, and the first video of this behavior in animals to be published in a scientific journal. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 13% |
| Japan | 3 | 5% |
| Sweden | 2 | 3% |
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Norway | 1 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 38 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 45 | 75% |
| Scientists | 10 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 61 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 54 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 15% |
| Researcher | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 12 | 20% |
| Unknown | 5 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 36 | 59% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 10% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 123. 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 06 September 2024.
All research outputs
#363,645
of 26,582,041 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#5,076
of 231,941 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,515
of 214,171 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#108
of 4,917 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 26,582,041 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 231,941 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 16.0. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 4,917 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its contemporaries.