2017 is already well under way, but before we get too caught up with the year ahead let’s take a look back to see what people were talking about last year. We have compiled a selection of articles from six subject areas that all received a great deal of attention, as measured by Altmetric. Click on the titles to read the full article, or to see where and how people discussed the paper, click on the Altmetric score.

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 Biology and Life Sciences

The Effects of Montmorency Tart Cherry Concentrate Supplementation on Recovery Following Prolonged, Intermittent Exercise

Phillip G. Bell, Emma Stevenson, Gareth W. Davison and Glyn Howatson

Altmetric Score = 564

 

Associations between Macronutrient Intake and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea as Well as Self-Reported Sleep Symptoms: Results from a Cohort of Community Dwelling Australian Men

Yingting Cao, Gary Wittert, Anne W. Taylor, Robert Adams and Zumin Shi

Altmetric Score = 553

 

The Role of Avocados in Maternal Diets during the Periconceptional Period, Pregnancy, and Lactation

Kevin B. Comerford, Keith T. Ayoob, Robert D. Murray and Stephanie A. Atkinson

Altmetric Score = 555

 

Emerging Evidence for the Importance of Dietary Protein Source on Glucoregulatory Markers and Type 2 Diabetes: Different Effects of Dairy, Meat, Fish, Egg, and Plant Protein Foods

Kevin B. Comerford and Gonca Pasin

Altmetric Score = 584

 

The Snake with the Scorpion’s Sting: Novel Three-Finger Toxin Sodium Channel Activators from the Venom of the Long-Glanded Blue Coral Snake (Calliophis bivirgatus)

Daryl C. Yang, Jennifer R. Deuis, Daniel Dashevsky, James Dobson, Timothy N. W. Jackson, Andreas Brust, Bing Xie , Ivan Koludarov, Jordan Debono, Iwan Hendrikx, Wayne C. Hodgson, Peter Josh, Amanda Nouwens, Gregory J. Baillie, Timothy J. C. Bruxner, Paul F. Alewood, Kelvin Kok Peng Lim, Nathaniel Frank, Irina Vetter and Bryan G. Fry

Altmetric Score = 544

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Chemistry & Materials

Natural Products to Counteract the Epidemic of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders

Birgit Waltenberger , Andrei Mocan, Karel Šmejkal , Elke H. Heiss and Atanas G. Atanasov

Altmetric Score = 465

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Engineering

How Expensive Is Expensive Enough? Opportunities for Cost Reductions in Offshore Wind Energy Logistics

Thomas Poulsen and Charlotte Bay Hasager

Altmetric Score = 252

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Environmental & Earth Sciences

Imaging Land Subsidence Induced by Groundwater Extraction in Beijing (China) Using Satellite Radar Interferometry

Mi Chen, Roberto Tomás, Zhenhong Li, Mahdi Motagh, Tao Li, Leyin Hu, Huili Gong, Xiaojuan Li, Jun Yu and Xulong Gong

Altmetric Score = 387

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Computer Science & Mathematics

The Evolution of Wikipedia’s Norm Network

Bradi Heaberlin and Simon DeDeo

Altmetric Score = 260

 

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Public Health & Healthcare

SupT1 Cell Infusion as a Possible Cell-Based Therapy for HIV: Results from a Pilot Study in Hu-PBMC BRGS Mice

Jonathan Fior

Altmetric Score = 583