@article{cao_mehta_norcross_taniguchi_lindsey_2020, title={Analysis of Wikipedia pageviews to identify popular chemicals}, volume={11256}, ISSN={["1996-756X"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85084186656&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1117/12.2542835}, abstractNote={A new approach to assess popularity relies on analysis of the number of times a web article is viewed. Here, a strategy is described to identify chemicals of widespread interest. The strategy makes use of Wikipedia, a rapidly growing publicly editable web encyclopedia that has become an influential knowledge base. While the total number of chemicals mentioned in Wikipedia is unknown, use of the Wikipedia Chemical Structure Explorer (WCSE) developed by Novartis enables identification of those that are described in an Infobox or Chembox along with a Simplified Molecular-Input Line-Entry system (SMILES) code. Using a Python script, all so-listed chemicals (16,243) in Wikipedia were identified and then sorted on the basis of their pageview rankings. Of the 16,243 chemicals, 846 (5.2%) belonged to controlled substances (United States Drug Enforcement Administration), WHO essential medicines, or the top 300 US drugs. These 846 chemicals received 220 million pageviews, which is 41.4% of the pageviews for all members of the Wikipedia chemical list. The number of chemicals described in the entire corpus of Wikipedia remains a tiny fraction of the <107 known chemicals. Much remains to be done to make the venerable literature and data of chemistry readily accessible. Regardless, identification of popular chemicals in this manner can be used to create selected databases, to tailor educational curricula, or to create targeted informational materials (such as safety brochures); such considerations of public demand are likely to engender corresponding widespread interest.}, journal={REPORTERS, MARKERS, DYES, NANOPARTICLES, AND MOLECULAR PROBES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS XII}, author={Cao, Yuru and Mehta, Hely and Norcross, Ann E. and Taniguchi, Masahiko and Lindsey, Jonathan S.}, year={2020} }
 @article{guo_xu_norcross_taniguchi_lindsey_2019, title={Developing a user community in the photosciences: a website for spectral data and access to PhotochemCAD}, volume={10893}, ISSN={["1996-756X"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85073786008&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1117/12.2508077}, abstractNote={A new website, centered on absorption and fluorescence spectra, has been designed for the broad community of members in the photosciences. Spectral data lie at the heart of the vast field of the photosciences, yet collections of such data are sparse, scattered and often in print rather than digital form. Because many if not most searches for photochemical data begin with individual spectra, the website should constitute a photosciences nexus. The database of <500 spectra can be accessed via text or by viewing molecular structures. The spectral data on the website are identical with those in the database associated with the software program PhotochemCAD, but only the latter contains the rich trove of companion references to the originating scientific literature. PhotochemCAD, which contains modules for diverse calculations germane to the photosciences, can be freely downloaded from the new website. To develop a community of users in the photosciences, a curated and validated set of email addresses of photoscientists has been generated from the primary photochemistry literature since 2004. The literature surveyed (19 journals, <45,000 articles) encompasses the flagship publications of 15 scholarly societies. The present work represents a step toward fulfilling the long-term ambition of assembling all known spectral data worldwide, from print and digital sources, in one carefully curated collection of digital data in a readily accessible site. The advances should broaden awareness and increase availability of spectra for diverse studies in the field of photosciences, which encompasses art, astrobiology, biology, chemistry, ecology, engineering, medicine, physics, textiles, and zoochromy.}, journal={REPORTERS, MARKERS, DYES, NANOPARTICLES, AND MOLECULAR PROBES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS XI}, publisher={SPIE}, author={Guo, Yaxue and Xu, Zhen and Norcross, Ann Elizabeth and Taniguchi, Masahiko and Lindsey, Jonathan S.}, editor={Achilefu, Samuel and Raghavachari, RameshEditors}, year={2019} }