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Congratulations to three Leeds researchers whose work has made the Altmetric Top 100 list of academic papers that have received the most media attention this year.

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The data science company, Altmetric, tracks the coverage given to academic papers in:

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  • Wikipedia mentions
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Three Leeds researchers have contributed to articles appearing in the Top 100:

Dr Crispin Little (SEE), co-author of collaborative paper on Evidence for early life in Earth’s oldest hydrothermal vent precipitates, published in Nature – no. 11 in top 100

Dr Maria Beger (Biology), co-author of collaborative paper on Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals, published in Nature – no. 21 in top 100

Dr Darren Greenwood (Medicine), co-author of collaborative paper on Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality–a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies, published in International Journal of Epidemiology – no. 88 in top 100

and Dr Darren Greenwood again, co-author of collaborative paper on Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies, published in BMC Medicine – no. 98 in top 100

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