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escheR

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Unified multi-dimensional visualizations with Gestalt principles

v1.12.0 · software · MIT + file LICENSE

Release Lineage

Entered 3.17 · Apr 26, 2023

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 7 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

The creation of effective visualizations is a fundamental component of data analysis. In biomedical research, new challenges are emerging to visualize multi-dimensional data in a 2D space, but current data visualization tools have limited capabilities. To address this problem, we leverage Gestalt principles to improve the design and interpretability of multi-dimensional data in 2D data visualizations, layering aesthetics to display multiple variables. The proposed visualization can be applied to spatially-resolved transcriptomics data, but also broadly to data visualized in 2D space, such as embedding visualizations. We provide this open source R package escheR, which is built off of the state-of-the-art ggplot2 visualization framework and can be seamlessly integrated into genomics toolboxes and workflows.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

11 6 exported

Complexity

3.2 avg / 8 max

Call network

11 nodes / 5 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

1,178

Files

31

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 544 (46.2%)Docs 206 (17.5%)Vignettes 428 (36.3%)

API

Exported functions

6

Internal functions

5

Recent export changes

v3.19+2 add_fill_bin, add_ground_bin

Testing & CI

Has tests

No

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

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

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

20%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.3

System requirements

C++ standard

License

MIT + file LICENSE

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

7

First release

2023-04-25

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

2

LOC over versions

v3.17: 614 LOCv3.18: 1,067 LOCv3.19: 1,178 LOCv3.20: 1,178 LOCv3.21: 1,178 LOCv3.22: 1,178 LOCv3.23: 1,178 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 719 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteYesNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
100%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
20%

Topics

Depended on by (2)

Bioconductor (2)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("escheR")
Guo, B., Hicks, S. C., & Nelson, E. D. (2026). escheR: Unified multi-dimensional visualizations with Gestalt principles (Version 1.12.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/escheR

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 escheR version 1.12.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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