Table 3.

Number ^a and proportion ^b of articles by applications of genetic simulations by journal

Applications of genetic simulation c	Genetic Epidemiology	Bioinformatics	American Journal of Human Genetics	Nature Genetics	Evolution
Type‐1 error, power, and sensitivity	68 (70.1%)	23 (23.0%)	19 (43.2%)	30 (36.6%)	9 (9.0%)
Comparison of statistical methods performance	84 (86.6%)	69 (69.0%)	20 (45.5%)	21 (25.6%)	4 (4.0%)
Validation/robustness	31 (32.0%)	50 (50.0%)	13 (29.5%)	33 (40.2%)	19 (19.0%)
Exploratory analysis	3 (3.1%)	0 (0%)	2 (4.5%)	5 (6.1%)	32 (32.0%)
Statistical inference	0 (0%)	2 (2.0%)	10 (22.7%)	24 (29.3%)	57 (57.0%)
Total number of articles reviewed	97	100	44	82	100

^aNumber of articles does not add up to the total due to genetic simulations being used for multiple applications.

^bProportion of articles do not add to 100%.

^cDefinitions for applications of genetic simulation are provided in Section 2.