Loopcity: An R package for the detection of chromatin loop communities from Hi-C data

Abstract Summary Chromatin loops identified from Hi-C data are often analyzed individually, but recent studies suggest that they are often organized into highly interconnected multi-loop communities, the biological meaning of which is still not fully understood. Here we describe loopcity, an R package that identifies multi-loop communities from Hi-C data via the construction and clustering of weighted interaction networks. Availability and Implementation Available on GitHub at https://github.com/sarmapar/loopcity (currently submitting to Bioconductor) Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics Advances online.

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Bioinformatics Advances
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2026-09-11
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https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbag269
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Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
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Loopcity: An R package for the detection of chromatin loop communities from Hi-C data

Douglas H. Phanstiel, Sarah M Parker, J P Flores
Bioinformatics Advances
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
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Loopcity: An R package for the detection of chromatin loop communities from Hi-C data

Douglas H. Phanstiel, Sarah M Parker, J P Flores
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Abstract Summary Chromatin loops identified from Hi-C data are often analyzed individually, but recent studies suggest that they are often organized into highly interconnected multi-loop communities, the biological meaning of which is still not fully understood. Here we describe loopcity, an R package that identifies multi-loop communities from Hi-C data via the construction and clustering of weighted interaction networks. Availability and Implementation Available on GitHub at https://github.com/sarmapar/loopcity (currently submitting to Bioconductor) Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics Advances online.

Bioinformatics Advances
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US), University of North Carolina System (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 18%
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
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Loopcity: An R package for the detection of chromatin loop communities from Hi-C data — Douglas H. Phanstiel, Sarah M Parker, et al. · Bioinformatics Advances (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS