Database Commons: A Catalog of Worldwide Biological Databases

IF 11.5 2区生物学 Q1 GENETICS & HEREDITY

Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.gpb.2022.12.004

Lina Ma , Dong Zou , Lin Liu , Huma Shireen , Amir A. Abbasi , Alex Bateman , Jingfa Xiao , Wenming Zhao , Yiming Bao , Zhang Zhang

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Abstract

Biological databases serve as a global fundamental infrastructure for the worldwide scientific community, which dramatically aid the transformation of big data into knowledge discovery and drive significant innovations in a wide range of research fields. Given the rapid data production, biological databases continue to increase in size and importance. To build a catalog of worldwide biological databases, we curate a total of 5825 biological databases from 8931 publications, which are geographically distributed in 72 countries/regions and developed by 1975 institutions (as of September 20, 2022). We further devise a z-index, a novel index to characterize the scientific impact of a database, and rank all these biological databases as well as their hosting institutions and countries in terms of citation and z-index. Consequently, we present a series of statistics and trends of worldwide biological databases, yielding a global perspective to better understand their status and impact for life and health sciences. An up-to-date catalog of worldwide biological databases, as well as their curated meta-information and derived statistics, is publicly available at Database Commons (https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/databasecommons/).

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共享数据库：全球生物数据库目录。

生物数据库是全球科学界的全球性基础架构，它极大地帮助了将大数据转化为知识发现，并推动了众多研究领域的重大创新。随着数据生产的迅速发展，生物数据库的规模和重要性也在不断增加。因此，为了建立全球生物数据库目录，我们从 8931 篇出版物中整理出共计 5825 个生物数据库，这些数据库分布在 72 个国家/地区，由 1975 个机构开发（截至 2022 年 9 月 20 日）。我们还进一步设计了一个 z 指数（一种表征数据库科学影响力的新指数），并根据引文和 z 指数对所有这些生物数据库及其主办机构和国家进行了排名。因此，我们提供了全球生物数据库的一系列统计数据和趋势，从全球视角更好地了解它们在生命科学和健康科学领域的地位和影响。全球生物数据库的最新目录及其经过编辑的元信息和衍生统计数据可在 Database Commons（https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/databasecommons/）上公开获取。

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Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Biochemistry

CiteScore

14.30

自引率

4.20%

发文量

844

审稿时长

61 days

期刊介绍： Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics (GPB) is the official journal of the Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences / China National Center for Bioinformation and Genetics Society of China. It aims to disseminate new developments in the field of omics and bioinformatics, publish high-quality discoveries quickly, and promote open access and online publication. GPB welcomes submissions in all areas of life science, biology, and biomedicine, with a focus on large data acquisition, analysis, and curation. Manuscripts covering omics and related bioinformatics topics are particularly encouraged. GPB is indexed/abstracted by PubMed/MEDLINE, PubMed Central, Scopus, BIOSIS Previews, Chemical Abstracts, CSCD, among others.