Research any topic before you write.
Find related topics. | Discover entities. | See connections. | Build a topical map.
eTBLAST was a free text-similarity service now defunct. It was initially developed by Alexander Pertsemlidis and Harold “Skip” Garner in 2005 at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. It offered access to the following databases:
Science & Overview
Explore the main themes, entities and connections around ETBLAST. Start with the topic map, then use the sections below for research and deeper semantic analysis.
Start with a few of the strongest sections from the source topic. These are research directions, not a list of keywords you must use.
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Browse the full topic structure. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
See the strongest relationship patterns around the current topic before diving into the raw triples.
Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.
literature medline bioinformatics text-similarity service databases institute virginia clinical algorithm biomedical medical alignment crisp wikipedia arxiv nasa pubmed nature science
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUBMED | instance of | WikipediaarXivNASA technical reportsVirginia Tech class descriptionsothers of clinical interesteTBLAST searched citation databases and databases containing full-text | 0.80 | text |
These clusters group vocabulary that occurs around closely connected concepts in the source material.
Bridges can reveal useful research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list of related terms.