System and method for automated microarray information citation analysis

A system for data mining based on microarray data database and a document database, comprising:

• an input port configured to receive microarray data;
• a communication network interface port;
• at least one processor, configured to:
• generate a first search of a microarray data database for information for interpreting the microarray data;
• conduct the first search on the microarray data database through the communication network interface port;
• determine sequences of interest of the microarray data based on results of the first search;
• receive a topical annotation;
• generate a second set of searches for a document database for documents corresponding to the sequences of interest, and a conjunction of the sequences of interest and the annotation;
• conduct the second search on the document data database through the communication network interface port;
• perform at least one comparative quantitative analysis between a first quantity of citations of the document database for documents corresponding to the sequences of interest versus a second quantity of citations for documents corresponding to a conjunction of the sequences of interest and the annotation;
• and
• rank the sequences of interest based on the comparative quantitative analysis;
• and
• an output port configured to present the ranked sequences.

A computer readable medium storing thereon nontransitory instructions for causing an automated data processing system to perform the steps of:

• generating a first search of a microarray data database for information for interpreting a set of microarray data;
• conducting the first search on the microarray data database through a communication network interface;
• determining sequences of interest of the microarray data based on results of the first search;
• receiving a topical annotation;
• generating a second set of searches for a document database for documents corresponding to the sequences of interest, and a conjunction of the sequences of interest and the annotation;
• conducting the second search on the document data database through the communication network interface;
• performing at least one comparative quantitative analysis between a first quantity of citations of the document database for documents corresponding to the sequences of interest versus a second quantity of citations for documents corresponding to a conjunction of the sequences of interest and the annotation;
• and
• ranking the sequences of interest based on the comparative quantitative analysis.