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Collaborative development of the Arrowsmith two node search interface designed for laboratory investigators.

Neil R Smalheiser1, Vetle I Torvik, Amanda Bischoff-Grethe

  • 1Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Institute, University of Illinois, MC912, 1601 W, Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. neils@uic.edu

Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration
|July 5, 2006
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Arrowsmith is a computer tool that helps scientists find connections between research papers. Neuroscientists use this system to discover new biological insights from medical literature.

Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Neuroscience Research
  • Scientific Discovery

Background:

  • Identifying novel biological connections across disparate research fields is challenging.
  • Traditional literature review methods can be time-consuming and may miss subtle relationships.
  • The Arrowsmith strategy offers a computational approach to facilitate this discovery process.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the Arrowsmith computer-assisted strategy for identifying biologically relevant connections between article sets.
  • To detail the utilization of the UIC Arrowsmith web interface by a neuroscientist consortium.
  • To explain how user feedback guided the system's development and expansion for broader scientific use.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Arrowsmith web interface (http://arrowsmith.psych.uic.edu) for computer-assisted literature searching.

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  • Applied the strategy to connect two disparate sets of articles in Medline.
  • Incorporated feedback from an inter-institutional consortium of neuroscientists.

    • Main Results:

    • The Arrowsmith system successfully assisted neuroscientists in their daily work.
    • User feedback led to the refinement and expansion of the system.
    • The system evolved into a suite of tools for the wider scientific community.

    Conclusions:

    • Arrowsmith is a valuable tool for discovering biologically relevant connections in scientific literature.
    • The collaborative development approach enhanced the system's utility and applicability.
    • The Arrowsmith strategy supports scientific discovery by bridging knowledge gaps across research domains.