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JSME: a free molecule editor in JavaScript

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Cheminformatics, May 2013
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Title
JSME: a free molecule editor in JavaScript
Published in
Journal of Cheminformatics, May 2013
DOI 10.1186/1758-2946-5-24
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Authors

Bruno Bienfait, Peter Ertl

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A molecule editor, i.e. a program facilitating graphical input and interactive editing of molecules, is an indispensable part of every cheminformatics or molecular processing system. Today, when a web browser has become the universal scientific user interface, a tool to edit molecules directly within the web browser is essential. One of the most popular tools for molecular structure input on the web is the JME applet. Since its release nearly 15 years ago, however the web environment has changed and Java applets are facing increasing implementation hurdles due to their maintenance and support requirements, as well as security issues. This prompted us to update the JME editor and port it to a modern Internet programming language - JavaScript. SUMMARY: The actual molecule editing Java code of the JME editor was translated into JavaScript with help of the Google Web Toolkit compiler and a custom library that emulates a subset of the GUI features of the Java runtime environment. In this process, the editor was enhanced by additional functionalities including a substituent menu, copy/paste, drag and drop and undo/redo capabilities and an integrated help. In addition to desktop computers, the editor supports molecule editing on touch devices, including iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets. In analogy to JME the new editor is named JSME. This new molecule editor is compact, easy to use and easy to incorporate into web pages. CONCLUSIONS: A free molecule editor written in JavaScript was developed and is released under the terms of permissive BSD license. The editor is compatible with JME, has practically the same user interface as well as the web application programming interface. The JSME editor is available for download from the project web page http://peter-ertl.com/jsme/

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 4 2%
Germany 2 1%
United States 2 1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
China 1 <1%
Taiwan 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 161 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 40 23%
Researcher 34 19%
Student > Master 22 13%
Student > Bachelor 19 11%
Other 10 6%
Other 27 15%
Unknown 23 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 47 27%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 17 10%
Computer Science 15 9%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 12 7%
Other 30 17%
Unknown 36 21%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. 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 06 July 2021.
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#1,300,617
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#2
of 13 outputs
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