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 |