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Methods for Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data Analysis

v1.40.0 · software · GPL-3

Release Lineage

Entered 3.3 · May 4, 2016

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 21 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Implements miscellaneous functions for interpretation of single-cell RNA-seq data. Methods are provided for assignment of cell cycle phase, detection of highly variable and significantly correlated genes, identification of marker genes, and other common tasks in routine single-cell analysis workflows.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

211 53 exported

Complexity

3.5 avg / 15 max

Call network

211 nodes / 172 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

21,598

Files

151

Compiled share

5.6%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 8,620 (39.9%)C/C++/src 1,201 (5.6%)Tests 6,164 (28.5%)Docs 5,469 (25.3%)Vignettes 144 (0.7%)

API

Exported functions

75

Internal functions

109

Recent export changes

v3.9+2 correlateGenes, denoisePCANumber  −1 simpleSumFactors
v3.8+14 cleanSizeFactors, combineMarkers, combinePValues +11 more  −2 exploreData, selectorPlot

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.72

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

System requirements

1

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

21

First release

2016-08-10

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

170 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

47

LOC over versions

v3.3: 3,733 LOCv3.4: 5,739 LOCv3.5: 8,448 LOCv3.6: 10,537 LOCv3.7: 14,052 LOCv3.8: 18,411 LOCv3.9: 17,575 LOCv3.10: 24,416 LOCv3.11: 24,130 LOCv3.12: 24,848 LOCv3.13: 22,053 LOCv3.14: 22,052 LOCv3.15: 22,052 LOCv3.16: 22,052 LOCv3.17: 22,101 LOCv3.18: 22,104 LOCv3.19: 22,091 LOCv3.20: 22,089 LOCv3.21: 22,089 LOCv3.22: 22,089 LOCv3.23: 21,598 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
94%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
28%

Topics

Depended on by (104)

CRAN (2)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("scran")
Lun, A., Bach, K., Kim, J. K., & Scialdone, A. (2026). scran: Methods for Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data Analysis (Version 1.40.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/scran

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APA

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

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