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ImageJ2: ImageJ for the next generation of scientific image data

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Bioinformatics, November 2017
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Title
ImageJ2: ImageJ for the next generation of scientific image data
Published in
BMC Bioinformatics, November 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12859-017-1934-z
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Curtis T. Rueden, Johannes Schindelin, Mark C. Hiner, Barry E. DeZonia, Alison E. Walter, Ellen T. Arena, Kevin W. Eliceiri

Abstract

ImageJ is an image analysis program extensively used in the biological sciences and beyond. Due to its ease of use, recordable macro language, and extensible plug-in architecture, ImageJ enjoys contributions from non-programmers, amateur programmers, and professional developers alike. Enabling such a diversity of contributors has resulted in a large community that spans the biological and physical sciences. However, a rapidly growing user base, diverging plugin suites, and technical limitations have revealed a clear need for a concerted software engineering effort to support emerging imaging paradigms, to ensure the software's ability to handle the requirements of modern science. We rewrote the entire ImageJ codebase, engineering a redesigned plugin mechanism intended to facilitate extensibility at every level, with the goal of creating a more powerful tool that continues to serve the existing community while addressing a wider range of scientific requirements. This next-generation ImageJ, called "ImageJ2" in places where the distinction matters, provides a host of new functionality. It separates concerns, fully decoupling the data model from the user interface. It emphasizes integration with external applications to maximize interoperability. Its robust new plugin framework allows everything from image formats, to scripting languages, to visualization to be extended by the community. The redesigned data model supports arbitrarily large, N-dimensional datasets, which are increasingly common in modern image acquisition. Despite the scope of these changes, backwards compatibility is maintained such that this new functionality can be seamlessly integrated with the classic ImageJ interface, allowing users and developers to migrate to these new methods at their own pace. Scientific imaging benefits from open-source programs that advance new method development and deployment to a diverse audience. ImageJ has continuously evolved with this idea in mind; however, new and emerging scientific requirements have posed corresponding challenges for ImageJ's development. The described improvements provide a framework engineered for flexibility, intended to support these requirements as well as accommodate future needs. Future efforts will focus on implementing new algorithms in this framework and expanding collaborations with other popular scientific software suites.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 3 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Thailand 1 <1%
Unknown 3501 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 771 22%
Student > Master 480 14%
Student > Bachelor 427 12%
Researcher 413 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 199 6%
Other 424 12%
Unknown 792 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 548 16%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 539 15%
Engineering 277 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 184 5%
Chemistry 144 4%
Other 833 24%
Unknown 981 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 125. 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 03 December 2023.
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#331,070
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Outputs from BMC Bioinformatics
#9
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Bioinformatics
#1
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