iggbreak

iggbreak enables creation of broken axes within ggplot2 plots to improve visualization of large-scale biomedical datasets that span multiple orders of magnitude or contain extreme values.

Key Features:

• Broken Axes Implementation: Creates broken axes using ggplot2 syntax to focus on specific ranges in long sequential data or datasets with large variability and outliers.
• Enhanced Data Presentation: Increases available visual space for detailed annotation to improve clarity and interpretability of complex biomedical datasets.
• Seamless Integration with ggplot2: Maintains compatibility with ggplot2 allowing layering, scales, and themes to be applied alongside broken-axis layouts.

Scientific Applications:

• Genomic and proteomic data visualization: Improves representation of genomic sequences and proteomics datasets that span multiple magnitudes or include extreme values.
• High-throughput biological measurements: Facilitates clearer visualization and interpretation of large-scale or high-throughput biological measurements by managing varying magnitudes and outliers.

Methodology:

Leverages ggplot2 capabilities and introduces a mechanism to break axes while preserving ggplot2 layering, scales, and themes.