Everything about Format

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: FormatA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Generative Artificial Intelligence to Transform Inpatient Discharge Summaries to Patient-Friendly Language and FormatInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Das GlasperlenspielThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtoolsCited 61,847 times
5. Go sideways: Zero-byte fileA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Utility softwareA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

  Heng Li, Bob Handsaker, Alec Wysoker · 2009 · Bioinformatics · 61,847 citations

• The variant call format and VCFtools

  Petr Danecek, Adam Auton, Goncalo Abecasis · 2011 · Bioinformatics · 16,618 citations

• Carbohydrate analysis by a phenol–sulfuric acid method in microplate format

  Tatsuya Masuko, Akio Minami, Norimasa Iwasaki · 2005 · Analytical Biochemistry · 2,107 citations

• Exact and Invariant Second-Moment Code Format

  Abraham M. Hasofer, Niels C. Lind · 1974 · Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division · 2,006 citations

• Cognitive Load Theory and the Format of Instruction

  Paul Chandler, John Sweller · 1991 · Cognition and Instruction · 1,981 citations

• PopLDdecay: a fast and effective tool for linkage disequilibrium decay analysis based on variant call format files

  Chi Zhang, Shan-Shan Dong, Jun-Yang Xu · 2018 · Bioinformatics · 1,879 citations

• The brain imaging data structure, a format for organizing and describing outputs of neuroimaging experiments

  Krzysztof J. Gorgolewski, Tibor Auer, Vince D. Calhoun · 2016 · Scientific Data · 1,869 citations

• American College of Cardiology clinical expert consensus document on standards for acquisition, measurement and reporting of intravascular ultrasound studies (ivus)31When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology would appreciate the following citation format: Mintz GS, Nissen SE, Anderson WD, Bailey SR, Erbel R, Fitzgerald PJ, Pinto FJ, Rosenfield K, Siegel RJ, Tuzcu EM, Yock PG. ACC Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Standards for the acquisition, measurement and reporting of intravascular ultrasound studies: a report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents (Committee to Develop a Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Standards for Acquisition, Measurement and Reporting of Intravascular Ultrasound Studies [IVUS]). J Am Coll Cardiol2001;37:1478–92.33Address for reprints: This document is available on the ACC Website at www.acc.org. Reprints of this document are available for $5.00 each by calling 800-253-4636 (U.S. only) or writing to the Resource Center, American College of Cardiology, Educational Services, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1699.

  Gary S Mintz, Steven E Nissen, William D Anderson · 2001 · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1,865 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Generative Artificial Intelligence to Transform Inpatient Discharge Summaries to Patient-Friendly Language and Format

  Jonah Zaretsky, Jeong Min Kim, Samuel Baskharoun · 2024 · JAMA Network Open · 327 citations

• A spectrum of free software tools for processing the VCF variant call format: vcflib, bio-vcf, cyvcf2, hts-nim and slivar

  Erik Garrison, Zev N. Kronenberg, Eric T. Dawson · 2022 · PLOS Computational Biology · 278 citations

• Optimal selling format considering price discount strategy in live-streaming commerce

  Guojun Ji, Tianyu Fu, Shuhao Li · 2023 · European Journal of Operational Research · 242 citations

• Thermal runaway routes of large-format lithium-sulfur pouch cell batteries

  Lang Huang, Tao Lu, Gaojie Xu · 2022 · Joule · 169 citations

• Comparative investigation of the thermal runaway and gas venting behaviors of large-format LiFePO4 batteries caused by overcharging and overheating

  Zhuangzhuang Jia, Shuping Wang, Peng Qin · 2023 · Journal of Energy Storage · 151 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Das GlasperlenspielHermann Hesse · 1943
• Marcovaldo, ovvero Le stagioni in cittàItalo Calvino · 1958
• The Power of NowEckhart Tolle · 1997
• Automotive Technician TrainingTom Denton · 2010
• Getting Things DoneDavid Allen, David Allen · 2001
• Les mots françaisHenri Mitterand · 1963
• Effective trainingP. Nick Blanchard, James W Thacker · 1998
• The ToolsPhil Stutz · 2012

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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