| Title |
Self-Organized Criticality Theory of Autoimmunity
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2009
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0008382 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ken Tsumiyama, Yumi Miyazaki, Shunichi Shiozawa |
| Abstract |
The cause of autoimmunity, which is unknown, is investigated from a different angle, i.e., the defect in immune 'system', to explain the cause of autoimmunity. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 683 | 8% |
| France | 329 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 274 | 3% |
| Canada | 184 | 2% |
| Italy | 154 | 2% |
| Spain | 114 | 1% |
| Brazil | 112 | 1% |
| Japan | 93 | 1% |
| Australia | 87 | 1% |
| Other | 847 | 10% |
| Unknown | 5556 | 66% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8110 | 96% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 142 | 2% |
| Scientists | 122 | 1% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 40 | <1% |
| Unknown | 19 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Colombia | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 72 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 15 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 12% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 17 | 21% |
| Unknown | 15 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 25% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 21% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 20 | 25% |
| Unknown | 14 | 17% |