A review of ligand-based virtual screening web tools and screening algorithms in large molecular databases in the age of big data

Virtual screening has become a widely used technique for helping in drug discovery processes. The key to this success is its ability to aid in the identification of novel bioactive compounds by screening large molecular databases. Several web servers have emerged in the last few years supplying platforms to guide users in screening publicly accessible chemical databases in a reasonable time. In this review, we discuss a representative set of...