A travel guide to Cytoscape plugins.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Nature Methods
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1069–1076
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2212
- Source
- Ideker Lab
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Cytoscape is open-source software for integration, visualization and analysis of biological networks. It can be extended through Cytoscape plugins, enabling a broad community of scientists to contribute useful features. This growth has occurred organically through the independent efforts of diverse authors, yielding a powerful but heterogeneous set of tools. We present a travel guide to the world of plugins, covering the 152 publicly available plugins for Cytoscape 2.5-2.8. We also describe ongoing efforts to distribute, organize and maintain the quality of the collection.