scran
Bioc currentMethods for Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data Analysis
Release Lineage
Entered 3.3 · May 4, 2016
Current · Requires R 4.6
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.
Call graph
Open call graph →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
API
Exported functions
75
Internal functions
109
Recent export changes
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
Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.
Documentation
- Examples that run
- 100%
- Documented parameters
- 94%
- Return-value docs
- 100%
- References docs
- 28%
Topics
Depended on by (104)
Bioconductor (102)
People
- Aaron Lun author maintainer
- Karsten Bach author
- Jong Kyoung Kim contributor
- Antonio Scialdone contributor
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