SRplot: A free online platform for data visualization and graphing

Graphics are widely used to provide summarization of complex data in scientific publications. Although there are many tools available for drawing graphics, their use is limited by programming skills, costs, and platform specificities. Here, we presented a freely accessible easy-to-use web server nam...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 18; no. 11; p. e0294236
Main Authors:	Tang, Doudou, Chen, Mingjie, Huang, Xinhua, Zhang, Guicheng, Zeng, Lin, Zhang, Guangsen, Wu, Shangjie, Wang, Yewei
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco Public Library of Science 09-11-2023 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Bioinformatics Biology and Life Sciences Computer and Information Sciences Computer graphics Computer programming Engineering and Technology Format Genomes Graphic methods Graphs Internet Programming languages Python Real time Research and Analysis Methods Scientific visualization Servers Software upgrading User interface Visualization Visualization (Computers) Web browsers China United States > US
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Summary:	Graphics are widely used to provide summarization of complex data in scientific publications. Although there are many tools available for drawing graphics, their use is limited by programming skills, costs, and platform specificities. Here, we presented a freely accessible easy-to-use web server named SRplot that integrated more than a hundred of commonly used data visualization and graphing functions together. It can be run easily using all Web browsers and there are no strong requirements on the computing power of users' machines. With a user-friendly graphical interface, users can simply paste the contents of the input file into the text box according to the defined file format. Modification operations can be easily performed, and graphs can be generated in real-time. The resulting graphs can be easily downloaded in bitmap (PNG or TIFF) or vector (PDF or SVG) format in publication quality. The website is updated promptly and continuously. Functions in SRplot have been improved, optimized and updated depend on feedback and suggestions from users. The graphs prepared with SRplot have been featured in more than five hundred peer-reviewed publications. The SRplot web server is now freely available at
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0294236