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. 2018 Oct 15;19(Suppl 10):349. doi: 10.1186/s12859-018-2296-x

Table 1.

Good practice bioinformatics rules, derived from Sandve et al. [5]

1 For Every Result, Keep Track of How It Was Produced
2 Avoid Manual Data Manipulation Steps
3 Archive the Exact Versions of All External Programs Used
4 Version Control All Custom Scripts
5 Record All Intermediate Results, When Possible in Standardized Formats
6 For Analyses That Include Randomness, Note Underlying Random Seeds
7 Always Store Raw Data behind Plots
8 Generate Hierarchical Analysis Output, Allowing Layers of Increasing Detail to Be Inspected
9 Connect Textual Statements to Underlying Results
10 Provide Public Access to Scripts, Runs, and Results