Citing QIAGEN CLC Workbenches and Server products

To cite a QIAGEN CLC Workbench or Server product at a general level, please cite our website.

For example, for the Genomics Workbench version 23.0.1, using something along the lines of 
 

QIAGEN CLC Genomics Workbench 23.0.1 (https://digitalinsights.qiagen.com/)
 

Hopefully the instructions for authors will indicate the preferences of the particular journal with regards to referencing website in this way.

Citing CLC Plugins

When using tools from QIAGEN CLC Plugins, include the version of the plugin. For example, when using tools from QIAGEN CLC Microbial Genomics Module version 23.0 within Workbench 23.0.1, use something along the lines of

CLC Genomics Workbench 23.0.1, CLC Microbial Genomics Module 23.0 (https://digitalinsights.qiagen.com/)

The version of the plugin used for the analysis can be found in the history of the output files.
 

Repeating an Analysis

Reviewers who want to repeat your analysis can download and use QIAGEN CLC Workbench as it is available for evaluation. The evaluation provides access to all algorithms and is limited to 14 days. For more information, refer to the “How can I evaluate QIAGEN Workbench and Modules and how long is the evaluation period?” article at https://qiagen.my.salesforce-sites.com/KnowledgeBase/KnowledgeNavigatorPage?id=kA41i000000L6rXCAS

Information related to specific Workbench or Server Analyses

Background information relating to particular analyses can be found in our White Papers and our manual.

 

White Papers

Our white papers can be found at: https://digitalinsights.qiagen.com/science/technical-information/

For any analysis not covered by a White Paper, please refer to the manual for the product you have been using.

 

Manuals

https://digitalinsights.qiagen.com/technical-support/manuals/
 

To provide direct links to a particular section of a manual, please open the HTML version of the manual and navigate to the relevant section. Once there, you should see the relevant URL in your browser. Note though that the URL you will see at this point is for the current version of the CLC software.
 

Manuals for earlier versions

If you require manual information for an earlier version, you will need to hand-edit the URL with the relevant API number. The easiest way to do this is to go to the link in the current online manual and then edit it accordingly.

Here is an example:  Let's say you wish to refer to the Read Mapping tool of the Genomics Workbench 20.0.4. If you go directly to the current webpage for the top level section of the manual you are taking to:

https://resources.qiagenbioinformatics.com/manuals/clcgenomicsworkbench/current/index.php?manual=Read_mapping.html
 

Notice the word current in that URL. The manual provided via this link will be for the current released version of the Workbench.
 

Change the word "current" to the API version number, which, for the Genomics Workbench 20.0.4, is 2004. That is, the above URL should be changed to:

https://resources.qiagenbioinformatics.com/manuals/clcgenomicsworkbench/2004/index.php?manual=Read_mapping.html

We have online links for earlier version of the CLC Genomics Workbench back to version 6.0 (API 600) and the Main Workbench back to version 6.7.1 (API 671). For older versions, you will need to refer to the information built into your Workbench help to get hold of the relevant manual content.