R Observatory: Metrics for robumeta version 2.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

robumeta

2.1Package record

Robust Variance Meta-Regression

5packages dependsuggested by 2

60.2Kdownloads / year

0.0%test coverage

0/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Zachary FisherCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Issues ↗

Functions for conducting robust variance estimation (RVE) meta-regression using both large and small sample RVE estimators under various weighting schemes. These methods are distribution free and provide valid point estimates, standard errors and hypothesis tests even when the degree and structure of dependence between effect sizes is unknown. Also included are functions for conducting sensitivity analyses under correlated effects weighting and producing RVE-based forest plots.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("robumeta", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("zackfisher/robumeta")

Development version from zackfisher/robumeta. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-robumeta

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-robumeta

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-robumeta

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

13NOTE

Check messages

NOTERd filesr-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc, r-devel-windows-x86_64, r-oldrel-macos-arm64, r-oldrel-macos-x86_64, r-oldrel-windows-x86_64, r-patched-linux-x86_64, r-release-linux-x86_64, r-release-macos-arm64, r-release-macos-x86_64, r-release-windows-x86_64

checkRd: (-1) predict.robu.Rd:36-42: Lost braces in \itemize; meant \describe ?
checkRd: (-1) predict.robu.Rd:43-49: Lost braces in \itemize; meant \describe ?
checkRd: (-1) predict.robu.Rd:50-55: Lost braces in \itemize; meant \describe ?

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 1.0 min · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

NOTE13 NOTENow
NOTE14 NOTE2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 2.1

READMENoVignettesYes · 1 · staticNEWSNoCitation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 13
Examples that run: 100%6 run in a plain check
Exported functions with examples: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 60%
Help pages citing references: 77%

Vignettes (1)

robumeta Vignette PDF

How these are measured

Downloads

60.2K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #1,744 · ~165/day · ~5K/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

3.6K30 days

11.9K90 days

60.2K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on867 r2u4 autocran152 c2d4u

How downloads are counted

Repository

zackfisher/robumeta ↗Account: zackfisher

9Stars

8Forks

4Open issues

1Open PRs

0Releases

37Commits

4Commit identities

37 commits · Last activity 2021-02-22 · 0% stars, 30d · The default branch showed an older version (2.0) than CRAN on 2026-10-18

Responsiveness

How these are sampled

PRs merged (all time): 89%
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed issues: 1
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed PRs: 1

Stars over time

2024-08-22 · 82026-07-07 · 9

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

1 development-tooling and community-health practice detected across 1 family in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/zackfisher/robumeta on 2026-10-18.

Lint, format, editor (1)

RStudio project

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v3 (2026-09-26)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

2 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing robumeta adds no packages beyond those that come with R.

Depends (0)

none

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (2)

clubSandwich R.rsp

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

5direct

0indirect

Imports 5

Suggested by 2

Depends, Imports or LinkingTo, most downloaded first

wildmeta PublicationBiasBenchmark MAGMA.R PublicationBias multibiasmeta

Suggests, most downloaded first

clubSandwich metabias

How these are counted

Code & Tests

Datasets

People & History

People (3)

Zachary Fisher

Author, Maintainer since 1.0 (2013)

Elizabeth Tipton

Author · added in 1.7

Hou Zhipeng

Author · added in 2.0

Listed in earlier versions (2)

Elizabeth Tipton.

no longer listed · 1.0 to 1.6

Zhipeng Hou.

no longer listed · 1.7 to 1.8

Releases (11)

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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Package metadata

First published: 2014-01-08
Total releases: 11 / 12 yrs
License: GPL-2 OSI
Bundled data: 37 KB / 6 files
Download size: 446 KB

Appears in task views

Meta-Analysis Robust Statistical Methods

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("robumeta")

Format

Fisher, Z., Tipton, E., & Zhipeng, H. (2023). robumeta: Robust Variance Meta-Regression (Version 2.1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.robumeta

This package has no citation file, so citation() returns this entry built from DESCRIPTION.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for robumeta version 2.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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