Kevin Mildau, Henry Ehlers, Mara Meisenburg, Elena Del Pup, Robert A. Koetsier, Laura Rosina Torres Ortega, Niek F. de Jonge, Kumar Saurabh Singh, Dora Ferreira, Kgalaletso Othibeng, Fidele Tugizimana, Florian Huber, Justin J. J. van der Hooft
- LC-MS/MS-based untargeted metabolomics is a rapidly developing research field spawning increasing numbers of computational metabolomics tools assisting researchers with their complex data processing, analysis, and interpretation tasks. In this article, we review the entire untargeted metabolomics workflow from the perspective of information visualization, visual analytics and visual data integration. Data visualization is a crucial step at every stage of the metabolomics workflow, where it provides core components of data inspection, evaluation, and sharing capabilities. However, due to the large number of available data analysis tools and corresponding visualization components, it is hard for both users and developers to get an overview of what is already available and which tools are suitable for their analysis. In addition, there is little cross-pollination between the fields of data visualization and metabolomics, leaving visual tools to be designed in a secondary and mostly ad hocLC-MS/MS-based untargeted metabolomics is a rapidly developing research field spawning increasing numbers of computational metabolomics tools assisting researchers with their complex data processing, analysis, and interpretation tasks. In this article, we review the entire untargeted metabolomics workflow from the perspective of information visualization, visual analytics and visual data integration. Data visualization is a crucial step at every stage of the metabolomics workflow, where it provides core components of data inspection, evaluation, and sharing capabilities. However, due to the large number of available data analysis tools and corresponding visualization components, it is hard for both users and developers to get an overview of what is already available and which tools are suitable for their analysis. In addition, there is little cross-pollination between the fields of data visualization and metabolomics, leaving visual tools to be designed in a secondary and mostly ad hoc fashion. With this review, we aim to bridge the gap between the fields of untargeted metabolomics and data visualization. First, we introduce data visualization to the untargeted metabolomics field as a topic worthy of its own dedicated research, and provide a primer on cutting-edge visualization research into data visualization for both researchers as well as developers active in metabolomics. We extend this primer with a discussion of best practices for data visualization as they have emerged from data visualization studies. Second, we provide a practical roadmap to the visual tool landscape and its use within the untargeted metabolomics field. Here, for several computational analysis stages within the untargeted metabolomics workflow, we provide an overview of commonly used visual strategies with practical examples. In this context, we will also outline promising areas for further research and development. We end the review with a set of recommendations for developers and users on how to make the best use of visualizations for more effective and transparent communication of results.…


Metadaten| Author: | Kevin MildauORCiD, Henry EhlersORCiD, Mara MeisenburgORCiD, Elena Del PupORCiD, Robert A. KoetsierORCiD, Laura Rosina Torres OrtegaORCiD, Niek F. de JongeORCiD, Kumar Saurabh SinghORCiD, Dora FerreiraORCiD, Kgalaletso OthibengORCiD, Fidele TugizimanaORCiD, Florian HuberORCiD, Justin J. J. van der HooftORCiD |
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| Qualitätssicherung: | peer reviewed |
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| open access: | Hybrid - Subskriptionszeitschrift |
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| Institutes: | Zentrum für Digitalisierung und Digitalität (ZDD) |
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| Fachbereich/Einrichtung: | Hochschule Düsseldorf / Fachbereich - Medien |
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| Document Type: | Article |
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| Year of Completion: | 2024 |
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| Language of Publication: | English |
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| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
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| Parent Title (English): | Natural Product Reports |
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| Page Number: | 38 |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-47596 |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1039/d4np00039k |
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| ISSN: | 0265-0568 |
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| GND Keyword: | Metabolomik; Visualisierung |
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| Information on the Research Data: | No data or code was specifically acquired or created for this study. The data used is either available in the ESI, or through the original publications. The code used to generate Fig. 17 is available from Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/12756071, together with the example input data and expected output. |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik |
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| Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
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| Release Date: | 2025/01/10 |
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