| Title |
Waste Not, Want Not: Why Rarefying Microbiome Data Is Inadmissible
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLoS Computational Biology, April 2014
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003531 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Paul J. McMurdie, Susan Holmes |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 148 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 States | 56 | 38% |
| Canada | 11 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 5% |
| Germany | 6 | 4% |
| Spain | 5 | 3% |
| Sweden | 3 | 2% |
| Japan | 2 | 1% |
| China | 2 | 1% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 14 | 9% |
| Unknown | 40 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 80 | 54% |
| Members of the public | 65 | 44% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 1% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 3,673 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 52 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | <1% |
| Germany | 8 | <1% |
| Canada | 7 | <1% |
| France | 7 | <1% |
| Australia | 4 | <1% |
| Spain | 4 | <1% |
| Denmark | 4 | <1% |
| Brazil | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 33 | <1% |
| Unknown | 3541 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1033 | 28% |
| Researcher | 683 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 531 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 273 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 219 | 6% |
| Other | 417 | 11% |
| Unknown | 517 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1393 | 38% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 541 | 15% |
| Environmental Science | 344 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 173 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 108 | 3% |
| Other | 424 | 12% |
| Unknown | 690 | 19% |