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Questionable evidence for a limit to human lifespan
Access & Citations
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- 6772
- Article Accesses
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- 55
- Citations
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Online attention
- 7 tweeters
- 2 blogs
- 2 Facebook pages
- 1 Google+ users
- 18 news outlets
- 82 Mendeley
This article is in the 98th percentile (ranked 5,830th) of the 338,606 tracked articles of a similar age in all journals and the 63rd percentile (ranked 299th) of the 818 tracked articles of a similar age in Nature
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Mentions in news and blogs
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Human Life May Have No Limit
Newser -
No detectable limit to how long people can live: study
MedicalXpress -
Evidence for Human Lifespan Limit Contested
The Scientist Magazine -
No detectable limit to how long people can live: study
Health Medicinet -
Människans maxålder splittrar forskare
Sverige Radio -
News story from Gizmodo Australia on Thursday 29 June 2017
Gizmodo Australia -
Widely publicized Nature study on human age limit draws fire
Retraction Watch -
Science and Technology links (July 1st, 2017)
Daniel Lemire's blog
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