2016/08/23 by Mark Ziemann, Yotam Eren, Assam El‐Osta · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Decision Sciences · #Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research #Scientific Computing and Data Management #Genomics and Rare Diseases
paper · pdf · doi:10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7
openalex publication_date 2016/08/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
The spreadsheet software Microsoft Excel, when used with default settings, is known to convert gene names to dates and floating-point numbers. A programmatic scan of leading genomics journals reveals that approximately one-fifth of papers with supplementary Excel gene lists contain erroneous gene name conversions.