SMILES, a chemical language and information system. 1. Introduction to methodology and encoding rules
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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTSMILES, a chemical language and information system. 1. Introduction to methodology and encoding rulesDavid WeiningerCite this: J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci. 1988, 28, 1, 31–36Publication Date (Print):February 1, 1988Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 February 1988https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ci00057a005https://doi.org/10.1021/ci00057a005research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views12790Altmetric-Citations4077LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts
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“SMILES was proposed by Weininger in 1988 30 , long before the advent of modern DL methods, and it was not designed with generative DL methods in consideration.”
- Authors
- Weininger, D.
- Corresponding author
- Weininger, David
- Venue
- Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 1988-02-01
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 31-36
- ISSN
- 0095-2338 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5142
- OpenAlex
- W1975147762
- Cited by
- 7,436
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 748 · 2025: 1048 · 2024: 945 · 2023: 827 · 2022: 675 · 2021: 632 · 2020: 438 · 2019: 291 · 2018: 208 · 2017: 135 · 2016: 122 · 2015: 116 · 2014: 95 · 2013: 127 · 2012: 124
- FWCI
- 9.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Chemistry and Stereochemistry Studies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Geometry and Topology › Graph theory and applications
- Keywords
- SMILES, chemical notation, chemical information systems, chemical language, molecular representation
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