scfind
1.10.0BioconductorA search tool for single cell RNA-seq data by gene lists
No longer in Bioconductor
- Last in
- Bioconductor 3.11, 28 Apr 2020
- First without it
- 3.12, 28 Oct 2020
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- 94Rank 2,982 in its category
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Recently a very large collection of single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) datasets has been generated and publicly released. For the collection to be useful, the information must be organized in a way that supports queries that are relevant to researchers.
Full description
Recently a very large collection of single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) datasets has been generated and publicly released. For the collection to be useful, the information must be organized in a way that supports queries that are relevant to researchers. `scfind` builds an index from scRNA-seq datasets which organizes the information in a suitable and compact manner so that the datasets can be very efficiently searched for either cells or cell types in which a given list of genes is expressed.
- Licence
- GPL-3
- First release
- Bioconductor 3.6, 31 Oct 2017
More details
- Releases
- 6 of 49 Bioconductor releases
- Needs R
- >= 3.4
biocViews (9)
Cite
Package
Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:
citation("scfind")Kiselev, V., & Hemberg, M. (2020). scfind: A search tool for single cell RNA-seq data by gene lists (Version 1.10.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/scfind
About
This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.
R Observatory
For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.
Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for scfind version 1.10.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-27. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040
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From data release v2026-10-27, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later.
Health
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Downloads
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- Total downloads in the latest complete month
- 808It comes from Bioconductor alone. Bioconda was counted over another window, so it is not added.
Rank in category, by distinct IPs
2,982 of 3,170
Bioconductor
808 downloads in the latest complete month
Distinct IP addresses average 94 a month over 12 months, which is a different measure and is never added.
It is in the total. Take it out
Bioconda
24 downloads in the last 30 days
It is not added because it has no figure for the latest complete month.
The total is 808 downloads in the latest complete month. It comes from Bioconductor alone.
This local copy has no series over time.
Dependencies
- Needs
- 9
- Dependent packages
- 00 on CRAN, 0 on Bioconductor
- Suggested by
- 0
Needs (9)
Code
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Author
Repository
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No repository on record
History
Method, History Method Archived is built from CRAN's archive records, its list of check deadlines and Bioconductor's package records. Every figure is counted to 27 Oct 2026, the day the data was read.Packages leaving
- In Bioconductor
- In no release
- Bioconductor release
| Release | Released | R |
|---|---|---|
| 3.11 | 28 Apr 2020 | 4.0 |
| 3.10 | 30 Oct 2019 | 3.6 |
| 3.9 | 3 May 2019 | 3.6 |
| 3.8 | 31 Oct 2018 | 3.5 |
| 3.7 | 1 May 2018 | 3.5 |
| 3.6 | 31 Oct 2017 | 3.4 |
- Entered Bioconductor
- Release 3.6, 31 Oct 2017