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A package for the analysis of anatomical tissue structures in spatial omics data

v1.4.0 · software · GPL (>= 3) + file LICENSE

Release Lineage

Entered 3.21 · Apr 16, 2025

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 3 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

sosta (Spatial Omics STructure Analysis) is a package for analyzing spatial omics data to explore tissue organization at the anatomical structure level. It reconstructs anatomically relevant structures based on molecular features or cell types. It further calculates a range of metrics at the structure level to quantitatively describe tissue architecture. The package is designed to integrate with other packages for the analysis of spatial omics data.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

28 28 exported

Complexity

2.8 avg / 13 max

Call network

28 nodes / 28 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

4,267

Files

67

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 1,728 (40.5%)Tests 553 (13%)Docs 1,124 (26.3%)Vignettes 862 (20.2%)

API

Exported functions

28

Internal functions

0

Recent export changes

v3.23+1 .intensityThreshold
v3.22+1 minCellTypeStructDist

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.32

testthat edition

3

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

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.4.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL (>= 3) + file LICENSE

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

3

First release

2025-07-17

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

143 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

0

LOC over versions

v3.21: 3,901 LOCv3.22: 4,154 LOCv3.23: 4,267 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 168 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteYesNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
100%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
3%

Topics

Depended on by (1)

Bioconductor (1)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("sosta")
Gunz, S., & Robinson, M. D. (2026). sosta: A package for the analysis of anatomical tissue structures in spatial omics data (Version 1.4.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/sosta

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 sosta version 1.4.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-23, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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