Top 10 Altmetric Attention Articles
(2018-Mar 2021)
1. On the origin and continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2
Origin and continuous evolution of SARS-CoV-2
Xiaolu Tang, Changcheng Wu, Xiang Li, Yuhe Song, Xinmin Yao, Xinkai Wu, Yuange Duan, Hong Zhang, Yirong Wang, Zhaohui Qian, Jie Cui, Jian Lu
Natl Sci Rev 2020; 7(6): 1012-1023
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa036
Altmetric Score: 6,653
2. Transgenic rhesus monkeys carrying the human MCPH1 gene copies show human-like neoteny of brain development
MCPH1 transgenic macaques reveal the molecular mechanisms of the persistence of evolutionary juvenile phenomena in the human brain
Lei Shi, Xin Luo, Jin Jiang, Yongchang Chen, Cirong Liu, Ting Hu, Min Li, Qiang Lin, Yanjiao Li, Jun Huang, Hong Wang, Yuyu Niu, Yundi Shi, Martin Styner, Jianhong Wang, Yi Lu, Xuejin Sun, Hualin Yu, Weizhi Ji, Bing Su
Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(3): 480–493
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz043
Altmetric Score: 1,021
3. Evidence of proteins, chromosomes and chemical markers of DNA in exceptionally preserved dinosaur cartilage
Signs of chemical markers of proteins, chromosomes and DNA were found in the cartilage of juvenile AFC dragons 75 million years ago
Alida M. Bailleul, Wenxia Zheng, John R. Horner, Brian K. Hall, Casey M. Holliday, Mary H. Schweitzer
Natl Sci Rev 2020; 7(4): 815-822
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz206
Altmetric Score: 820
4. BMAL1 knockout macaque monkeys display reduced sleep and psychiatric disorders
BMAL1 knockout macaques exhibit sleep disturbances with psychiatric-related abnormalities
Peiyuan Qiu, Jian Jiang, Zhen Liu, Yijun Cai, Tao Huang, Yan Wang, Qiming Liu, Yanhong Nie, Fang Liu, Jiumu Cheng, Qing Li, Yun-Chi Tang, Mu-ming Poo, Qiang Sun, Hung-Chun Chang
Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(1): 87–100
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz002
Altmetric Score: 372
5. Cloning of a gene-edited macaque monkey by somatic cell nuclear transfer
Somatic nuclear transplantation techniques were used to clone gene knockout monkey models
Zhen Liu, Yijun Cai, Zhaodi Liao, Yuting Xu, Yan Wang, Zhanyang Wang, Xiaoyu Jiang, Yuzhuo Li, Yong Lu, Yanhong Nie, Xiaotong Zhang, Chunyang Li, Xinyan Bian, Mu-ming Poo, Hung-Chun Chang, Qiang Sun
Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(1): 101–108
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz003
Altmetric Score: 357
6. Cold-chain food contamination as the possible origin of COVID-19 resurgence in Beijing
Research on the outbreak in Xinfadi has revealed that cold chain food transport can be a carrier of covid-19 transmission
Xinghuo Pang, Lili Ren, Shuangsheng Wu, Wentai Ma, Jian Yang, Lin Di, Jie Li, Yan Xiao, Lu Kang, Shichang Du, Jing Du, Jing Wang, Gang Li, Shuguang Zhai, Lijuan Chen, Wenxiong Zhou, Shengjie Lai, Lei Gao, Yang Pan, Quanyi Wang, Mingkun Li, Jianbin Wang, Yanyi Huang, Jianwei Wang
Natl Sci Rev 2020; 7(12): 1861-1864
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa264
Altmetric Score: 306
7. Origin of raptorial feeding in juvenile euarthropods revealed by a Cambrian radiodontan
Odd shrimps may be ferocious predators from childhood to adulthood
Jianni Liu, Rudy Lerosey-Aubril, Michael Steiner, Jason A Dunlop, Degan Shu, John R Paterson
Natl Sci Rev 2018; 5(6): 863–869
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy057
Altmetric Score: 164
8. Preliminary evidence from a multicenter prospective observational study of the safety and efficacy of chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19
Chloroquine is a potential drug to treat COVID-19: it recovers quickly and has no major side effects
Mingxing Huang, Man Li, Fei Xiao, Pengfei Pang, Jiabi Liang, Tiantian Tang, Shaoxuan Liu, Binghui Chen, Jingxian Shu, Yingying You, Yang Li, Meiwen Tang, Jianhui Zhou, Guanmin Jiang, Jingfen Xiang, Wenxin Hong, Songmei He, Zhaoqin Wang, Jianhua Feng, Changqing Lin, Yinong Ye, Zhilong Wu, Yaocai Li, Bei Zhong, Ruilin Sun, Zhongsi Hong, Jing Liu, Huili Chen, Xiaohua Wang, Zhonghe Li, Duanqing Pei, Lin Tian, Jinyu Xia, Shanping Jiang, Nanshan Zhong, Hong Shan
Natl Sci Rev 2020; 7(9): 1428–1436
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa113
Altmetric Score: 157
9. Middle–Late Jurassic fossils from northeastern China reveal morphological stasis in the catkin-yew
Fossils say: 160 million years ago to the present, the morphology of the spike fir has hardly changed
Chong Dong, Gongle Shi, Fabiany Herrera, Yongdong Wang, Patrick S Herendeen, Peter R Crane
Natl Sci Rev 2020; 7(11): 1765–1767
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa138
Altmetric Score: 119
10. Reconciling the father tongue and mother tongue hypotheses in Indo-European populations
New discoveries have been made to reconcile the paternal hypothesis and the mother tongue hypothesis in the Indo-European community
Menghan Zhang, Hong-Xiang Zheng, Shi Yan, Li Jin
Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(2): 293–300
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy083