Citation Policies

References and Examples

1. A glycan structure with a published reference can be cited with its GlyTouCan ID, its URL and corresponding structure publication. For example:

   GlyTouCan ID: G00054MO

   International Glycan Structure Repository. GlyTouCan; Accession Number=G00054MO, https://glytoucan.org/Structures/Glycans/G00054MO (accessed Jul. 29, 2020).

   Ge, Z., Chan, N. W., Palcic, M. M., & Taylor, D. E. (1997). Cloning and heterologous expression of an alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase gene from the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. The Journal of biological chemistry, 272(34), 21357–21363. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.272.34.21357

2. A glycan structure without a published reference can be cited using the GlyTouCan ID and its URL:

   GlyTouCan ID: G00054MO

   International Glycan Structure Repository. GlyTouCan; Accession Number=G00054MO, https://glytoucan.org/Structures/Glycans/G00054MO (accessed Jul. 29, 2020).

3. GlyTouCan itself should be referenced with the URL https://glytoucan.org and the following citation:

   Fujita, A., Aoki, N. P., Shinmachi, D., Matsubara, M., Tsuchiya, S., Shiota, M., Ono, T., Yamada, I., & Aoki-Kinoshita, K. F. (2021). The international glycan repository GlyTouCan version 3.0. Nucleic Acids Res. 49(D1), D1529-D1533. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa947

4. GlycoPOST should be referenced with the URL https://glycopost.glycosmos.org and the following citation:

   Watanabe, Y., Aoki-Kinoshita, K. F., Ishihama, Y., & Okuda, S. (2021). GlycoPOST realizes FAIR principles for glycomics mass spectrometry data. Nucleic Acids Res. 49(D1), D1523-D1528. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1012

5. GlyCosmos should be referenced with the URL https://glycosmos.org and the following citation:

   Yamada, I., Shiota, M., Shinmachi, D., Ono, T., Tsuchiya, S., Hosoda, M., Fujita, A., Aoki, N. P., Watanabe, Y., Fujita, N., Angata, K., Kaji, H., Narimatsu, H., Okuda, S., & Aoki-Kinoshita, K. F. (2020). The GlyCosmos Portal: a unified and comprehensive web resource for the glycosciences. Nature Methods, 17(7), 649–650. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-020-0879-8

6. GlycoMaple should be referenced with the URL https://glycosmos.org/glycomaple/index and the following citation:

   Huang, Y.F., Aoki, K., Akase, S., Ishihara, M., Liu, Y.S., Yang, G., Kizuka, Y., Mizumoto, S., Tiemeyer, M., Gao, X.D., Aoki-Kinoshita, K.F., Fujita, M. (2021). Global mapping of glycosylation pathways in human-derived cells. Dev Cell. 56(8), 1195-1209.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.02.023

7. GlyCosmos is a member of the GlySpace Alliance, which should be cited with the URL glyspace.org and the following citation:

   Aoki-Kinoshita, K. F., Lisacek, F., Mazumder, R., York, W. S., & Packer, N. H. (2020). The GlySpace Alliance: toward a collaborative global glycoinformatics community. Glycobiology, 30(2), 70–71. https://doi.org/10.1093/glycob/cwz078

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