📝 Citing Our Tools: Acknowledging Your Research Resources

At Job Dispatcher, we are proud to provide an advanced, user-friendly interface that seamlessly connects you to the world-renowned bioinformatics tools and trusted biological datasets of EMBL-EBI Web Services. All computational jobs executed through our platform are powered by 100% official EMBL-EBI RESTful APIs.

Proper citation is crucial in scientific research to acknowledge the resources you've used. When you publish or present work that utilized tools on Job Dispatcher, we ask that you primarily cite our platform (jobdispatcher.org), as it is the direct interface and service you interacted with. Additionally, you must also cite the original EMBL-EBI tool or database that performed the core analysis.

❓ Why Cite Both?

  • Acknowledge Job Dispatcher (Your Direct Interface): Citing Job Dispatcher (jobdispatcher.org) recognizes the value of the platform you directly used for your research. This includes our superior user-friendly interface, optimized workflow, efficient job submission, and the overall service we provide in making these powerful tools accessible to you. It acknowledges your specific pathway to the results.
  • Acknowledge EMBL-EBI (The Core Science): Citing the original EMBL-EBI tool or database is essential to credit the fundamental scientific work, algorithms, and data resources that underpin your results. This ensures reproducibility and supports the continued development of these vital public resources.

🧑‍💻 How to Cite Job Dispatcher (Your Platform: jobdispatcher.org)

Our Job Dispatcher platform (https://jobdispatcher.org) utilizes the powerful framework of the EMBL-EBI Job Dispatcher Web Service. Therefore, when referencing the service layer that processes your jobs via our interface, please refer to the following publication:

Recommended Citation for Job Dispatcher (Your Platform's Underlying Service):

Madeira F, Madhusoodanan N, Lee J, Eusebi A, Niewielska A, Tivey ARN, Lopez R, Butcher S. (2024) The EMBL-EBI Job Dispatcher sequence analysis tools framework in 2024 Nucleic Acids Research, April 10, 2024; doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae241; Europe PMC: 38597606.

(Note: This publication describes the underlying EMBL-EBI Job Dispatcher framework that our Job Dispatcher platform leverages for all its computational services.)

🎯 How to Cite Specific EMBL-EBI Tools & Databases

In addition to citing Job Dispatcher, for each specific tool or database you use (e.g., InterProScan, Clustal Omega, BLAST, Pfam), you must also cite the original publication or resource provided by EMBL-EBI. These citations are for the actual bioinformatics algorithms and data.

Finding the EMBL-EBI Citation for Specific Tools:

  1. Check the Tool's Official EBI Page: The most reliable way to find the correct citation for an EMBL-EBI tool or database is to visit its official page on the EBI website. Look for sections like "Citing," "Publications," or "References."
  1. Look for a "Cite Us" or "References" link on the EBI Tool Page: Most EBI tools have a dedicated section or link that provides the recommended citation.

General Guidance for EMBL-EBI Tool Citation:

Once you find the specific citation on the EBI website, include it in your work. It will typically be a scientific publication.

Example for a specific tool (e.g., Clustal Omega):

Sievers, F., et al. (2011). Fast, scalable generation of high-quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega. Molecular Systems Biology, 7(1), 539.

🧪 Example Citation Structure in Your Work

Here's a conceptual example of how you might include both citations in a publication's Methods section or References:

"Multiple sequence alignment was performed using Clustal Omega [1] via the Job Dispatcher platform [2]."

References: [1] Sievers, F., et al. (2011). Fast, scalable generation of high-quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega. Molecular Systems Biology, 7(1), 539. (This cites the specific tool) [2] Madeira F, Madhusoodanan N, Lee J, Eusebi A, Niewielska A, Tivey ARN, Lopez R, Butcher S. (2024) The EMBL-EBI Job Dispatcher sequence analysis tools framework in 2024. Nucleic Acids Research, April 10, 2024; doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae241; Europe PMC: 38597606. (This cites the underlying service framework used by your platform)

💬 Need Help?

If you have any questions about citing our platform or the underlying EMBL-EBI services, please don't hesitate to visit our Contact Us page for dedicated support.

Thank you for properly acknowledging the tools that power your discoveries!