Frequently Asked Questions

Plottie.art is a visualization discovery platform designed for researchers, data scientists, and students. We provide real scientific figures curated from published articles, making it easy to find inspiration for your own charts, plots, and graphs. Whether you need a heatmap, volcano plot, Kaplan-Meier survival curve, or a multiple-panel layout, Plottie.art helps you explore best practices in scientific communication.

Yes! Plottie.art is completely free for browsing, searching, and saving plot inspirations. Our goal is to help researchers improve the clarity and impact of their visualizations without cost barriers.

All figures on Plottie.art are curated from open-access scientific journals under permissive licenses (CC-BY 4.0). We always include proper citations and links to the original source, so you can check the methodology and reference it ethically in your work.

The plots are for inspiration and learning. Direct reuse in publications is subject to the original license. We recommend checking the linked source for license terms and citing the original paper if you adapt any visualization concept.

You can use the search bar at the top of Plottie.art. For example, type "heatmap" to explore gene expression visualizations, search "ROC curve" for diagnostic performance plots, or use tags and filters to narrow results by data type or design style.

Plottie.art includes more than 30 plot categories, such as bar plots and line plots, survival curves (Kaplan-Meier), volcano plots and Manhattan plots, heatmaps and UMAP visualizations, forest plots, raincloud plots, and many more.

Yes! We're building a community-driven feature where researchers can upload their best figures. This helps others learn and get inspired by real-world examples. Stay tuned for announcements on our Blog.

Currently, Plottie.art is available in English, but we plan to support multi-language search and localized content to serve our global research community better.

Follow our Blog for updates on new collections, visualization tutorials, and platform enhancements. You can also subscribe to our newsletter for regular tips on data visualization best practices.

Unlike general image searches, Plottie.art provides contextual metadata (plot type, source article, research domain), groups plots into collections for better inspiration, and ensures ethical sourcing with proper citations.

By browsing thousands of expert-designed figures, you learn visualization best practices, avoid common design mistakes, and save time deciding which plot type is most effective for your data.

Yes! Check out our Getting Started Guide to learn how to navigate collections, search for the right plot type, and understand visualization design principles for scientific publishing.

Absolutely. Plottie.art is fully responsive, so you can explore collections on any device—desktop, tablet, or mobile.