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ArticleNature methods2025

Benchmarking single-cell multi-modal data integrations.

Shaliu Fu, Shuguang Wang, Duanmiao Si, Gaoyang Li, Yawei Gao, Qi Liu

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Article in Nature methods, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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Shaliu Fu *State Key Laboratory of Cardiology and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East Hospital, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, Bioinformatics Department, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-5474
Shuguang Wang *State Key Laboratory of Cardiology and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East Hospital, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, Bioinformatics Department, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4425-3291
Duanmiao SiState Key Laboratory of Cardiology and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East Hospital, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, Bioinformatics Department, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-9824-2274
Gaoyang LiState Key Laboratory of Cardiology and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East Hospital, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, Bioinformatics Department, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Yawei GaoState Key Laboratory of Cardiology and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East Hospital, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, Bioinformatics Department, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8946-9697
Qi LiuState Key Laboratory of Cardiology and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East Hospital, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, Bioinformatics Department, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. qiliu@tongji.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2578-1221

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2023M742651,GZC20231946National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32400521
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances have enabled the generation of both unpaired (separate profiling) and paired (simultaneous measurement) single-cell multi-modal datasets, driving rapid development of single-cell multi-modal integration tools. Nevertheless, there is a pressing need for a comprehensive benchmark to assess algorithms under varying integrated dataset types, integrated modalities, dataset sizes and data quality. Here we present a systematic benchmark for 40 single-cell multi-modal integration algorithms involving modalities of DNA, RNA, protein and spatial omics for paired, unpaired and mosaic datasets (a mixture of paired and unpaired datasets). We evaluated usability, accuracy and robustness to assist researchers in selecting suitable integration methods tailored to their datasets and applications. Our benchmark provides valuable guidance in the ever-evolving field of single-cell multi-omics.

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BenchmarkingComputational BiologySingle-Cell AnalysisAlgorithmsHumans

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