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Table 1 Results of the systematic screen of supplementary Excel files for gene name conversion errors

From: Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature

Journala

Number of Excel files screened

Number of gene lists found

Number of papers with gene lists

Number of supplementary files affected

Number of papers affected

Number of gene names converted

PLoS One

7783

2202

994

220

170

4240

BMC Genomics

11464

1650

801

218

158

4932

Genome Res

2607

580

251

114

68

3180

Nucleic Acids Res

2117

540

315

88

67

1661

Genome Biol

2678

664

257

97

63

1878

Genes Dev

932

395

190

75

55

1593

Hum Mol Genet

980

372

168

48

27

1724

Nature

482

150

74

27

23

1375

BMC Bioinformatics

1790

235

152

26

21

534

RNA

569

127

77

20

15

1341

Nat Genet

264

70

37

12

9

178

Bioinformatics

731

112

67

11

6

339

PLoS Comput Biol

177

79

32

6

6

46

PLoS Biol

143

54

29

7

5

206

Mol Biol Evol

995

112

79

7

4

56

Science

172

36

19

7

3

451

Genome Biol Evol

490

32

25

2

2

121

DNA Res

801

57

30

2

2

6

Total

35175

7467

3597

987

704

23861

  1. aThe 18 journals investigated are ordered by the number of papers affected by gene name conversion errors