Title
Extracting patterns of database and software usage from the bioinformatics literature.
Abstract
Motivation: As a natural consequence of being a computer-based discipline, bioinformatics has a strong focus on database and software development, but the volume and variety of resources are growing at unprecedented rates. An audit of database and software usage patterns could help provide an overview of developments in bioinformatics and community common practice, and comparing the links between resources through time could demonstrate both the persistence of existing software and the emergence of new tools. Results: We study the connections between bioinformatics resources and construct networks of database and software usage patterns, based on resource co-occurrence, that correspond to snapshots of common practice in the bioinformatics community. We apply our approach to pairings of phylogenetics software reported in the literature and argue that these could provide a stepping stone into the identification of scientific best practice.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1093/bioinformatics/btu471
BIOINFORMATICS
Field
DocType
Volume
Data mining,Computer science,Software,Software usage,Snapshot (computer storage),Software development,Network generation,World Wide Web,Audit,Best practice,Bioinformatics,Database,Scripting language
Journal
30
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
17
1367-4803
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
9
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Geraint Duck1804.57
Goran Nenadic222813.18
A Brass31406157.58
David L. Robertson421213.98
Robert Stevens55538499.01