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BioQC

Bioc current

Detect tissue heterogeneity in expression profiles with gene sets

v1.40.0 · software · GPL (>=3) + file LICENSE

Release Lineage

Entered 3.3 · May 4, 2016

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 21 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

BioQC performs quality control of high-throughput expression data based on tissue gene signatures. It can detect tissue heterogeneity in gene expression data. The core algorithm is a Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test that is optimised for high performance.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

96 38 exported

Complexity

2.9 avg / 10 max

Call network

96 nodes / 72 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

6,899

Files

120

Compiled share

12.2%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 2,172 (31.5%)C/C++/src 843 (12.2%)Tests 805 (11.7%)Docs 1,736 (25.2%)Vignettes 1,343 (19.5%)

API

Exported functions

39

Internal functions

23

Recent export changes

v3.6+13 GmtList, SignedGenesets, IndexList +10 more

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.37

testthat edition

CI present

Yes

CI type

["github-actions"]

PR gated

Yes

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.5.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL (>=3) + file LICENSE

License flags

not SPDX, not OSI

History

Versions

21

First release

2016-05-03

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

4

LOC over versions

v3.3: 1,465 LOCv3.4: 1,465 LOCv3.5: 1,465 LOCv3.6: 4,756 LOCv3.7: 4,756 LOCv3.8: 4,756 LOCv3.9: 4,820 LOCv3.10: 5,446 LOCv3.11: 5,606 LOCv3.12: 5,610 LOCv3.13: 6,514 LOCv3.14: 6,899 LOCv3.15: 6,899 LOCv3.16: 6,899 LOCv3.17: 6,899 LOCv3.18: 6,899 LOCv3.19: 6,899 LOCv3.20: 6,899 LOCv3.21: 6,899 LOCv3.22: 6,899 LOCv3.23: 6,899 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 418 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteYesNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
99%
Return-value docs
62%
References docs
11%

Topics

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("BioQC")
Zhang, J. D., Ambs, R., Badi, L., Davydov, I., & Sturm, G. (2026). BioQC: Detect tissue heterogeneity in expression profiles with gene sets (Version 1.40.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/BioQC

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for BioQC version 1.40.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-22, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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