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| Title |
Rise and Demise of Bioinformatics? Promise and Progress
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLoS Computational Biology, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002487 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Christos A. Ouzounis |
| Abstract |
The field of bioinformatics and computational biology has gone through a number of transformations during the past 15 years, establishing itself as a key component of new biology. This spectacular growth has been challenged by a number of disruptive changes in science and technology. Despite the apparent fatigue of the linguistic use of the term itself, bioinformatics has grown perhaps to a point beyond recognition. We explore both historical aspects and future trends and argue that as the field expands, key questions remain unanswered and acquire new meaning while at the same time the range of applications is widening to cover an ever increasing number of biological disciplines. These trends appear to be pointing to a redefinition of certain objectives, milestones, and possibly the field itself. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 79 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 14% |
| Spain | 5 | 6% |
| France | 4 | 5% |
| Australia | 3 | 4% |
| Korea, Republic of | 3 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 4% |
| Germany | 3 | 4% |
| Canada | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Unknown | 20 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 48 | 61% |
| Members of the public | 30 | 38% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 417 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 6% |
| Brazil | 8 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 2% |
| Germany | 6 | 1% |
| France | 5 | 1% |
| Canada | 5 | 1% |
| Spain | 3 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Norway | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 22 | 5% |
| Unknown | 333 | 80% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 113 | 27% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 81 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 48 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 47 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 22 | 5% |
| Other | 88 | 21% |
| Unknown | 18 | 4% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 199 | 48% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 63 | 15% |
| Computer Science | 38 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 3% |
| Other | 60 | 14% |
| Unknown | 26 | 6% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 94. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 January 2024.
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#320
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#2,045
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#2
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