Altmetric Score Leaderboard

An Altmetric score is a weighted count of the attention a research output receives from various online sources, including news outlets, blogs, X/Bluesky posts, and Wikipedia mentions.

341 🥇Mitchell et al. (2025)

321 🥈Mitchell (2019)

281 🥉Sansalone et al. (2023)

277 Van Heteren et al. (2021)

189 Mitchell et al. (2024)

128 Mitchell et al. (2021)

101 Mitchell et al. (2023)

103 Sansalone et al. (2020)

76 Mitchell et al. (2024)

45 Mitchell et al. (2024)

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Mitchell DR, Vernes K, Weisbecker V (2025). Presumed extinct, this desert rat-kangaroo may still be alive in hiding. New analysis reveals its delicate diet. The Conversation.

Mitchell DR (2025). Bite-size clue to a lost marsupial. Flinders University News.

Pallardy R (2025). Could the extinct – and very cute – desert rat-kangaroo still be alive? Scientists think there's a chance... BBC Wildlife magazine.

Luntz S (2025). Bite Mechanics Could Help Reveal If Rumors Of Rat-Kangaroo’s Death Are Exaggerated. IFLScience.

Mitchell DR (2024). Rock-wallaby bite size ‘packs a punch’. Flinders University News.

Graham D (2024). “If I were a vegetable, I would not mess with a pygmy rock-wallaby. They totally have ‘Little Wallaby Syndrome’”. BBC Wildlife magazine.

Mitchell DR (2024). Crunch time for marsupials. Flinders University News.

Weisbecker V, Sherratt E, Mitchell DR (2023). Why the long face? Experts provide a new theory for why larger mammals tend to have longer faces. The Conversation.

Mitchell DR (2023). Why the long face? Now we know. Flinders University News.

Weisbecker V, Sherratt E, Mitchell DR (2023). There's a Surprisingly Simple Explanation For Why Horses Have Long Faces. ScienceAlert.

Ward C (2023). Why the Long Face? Scientists Answer the Age-Old Question of Why Some Animals Have Long Faces. Yahoo News.

Weisbecker V, Bradshaw CJA, Saltré F, Mitchell DR (2023). ‘An exciting possibility’: scientists discover markedly different kangaroos on either side of Australia’s dingo fence. The Conversation.

Weisbecker V, Mitchell DR (2023). Young red kangaroos grow up quickly where dingoes lurk. Flinders University News.

Luntz S (2023). Dingo-Proof Fence Could Be Driving Astonishingly Fast Kangaroo Evolution. IFLScience.

Conroy G (2022). Bizarre 17-million-year-old giraffe-like creature was an intense headbutter, fossils show. ABC Science news.

Mitchell DR (2021). Harder foods make for stronger skulls, giving hand-reared animals the best chance of survival in the wild. The Conversation.

Mitchell DR (2021). Soft food diet increases risks for captive animals. Flinders University News.

Mitchell DR (2021). Something to chew on? Tougher diets might be helpful for some captive-reared animals intended for release. Integrative Organismal Biology blog.

Mitchell DR (2019). This extinct kangaroo had a branch-crunching bite to rival today’s giant pandas. The Conversation.

Mitchell DR (2019). This extinct kangaroo had a branch-crunching bite. Australian Geomgraphic.

Mitchell DR (2019). Revealing Australia's marsupial panda. University of New England news.

Mitchell DR (2019). Giant Kangaroo Had Crushing Bites. University of Arkansas news.

Lyons S (2019). Giant sthenurine 'short-faced' kangaroos had strong skulls and a serious bite. ABC Science news.

Woodward A (2019). Massive Kangaroo From The Ice Age Had a Unique Link to The Giant Panda. ScienceAlert.

McCall R (2019). Giant Kangaroos Had A Crushing Bite More Akin To A Giant Panda Than A Modern Roo. IFLScience.

Scully RB (2019). Giant ice age kangaroos had massive cheekbones for crushing bites. New Scientist.

Carbone C (2019). Gigantic extinct kangaroo had unique link to pandas, scientists say. New York Post.