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license: MIT
title: 'simona: Semantic Similarity on Bio-Ontologies'
version: 1.10.0
doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-10759-4
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.simona
abstract: This package implements infrastructures for ontology analysis by offering
  efficient data structures, fast ontology traversal methods, and elegant visualizations.
  It provides a robust toolbox supporting over 70 methods for semantic similarity
  analysis.
authors:
- family-names: Gu
  given-names: Zuguang
  email: guzuguang@suat-sz.edu.cn
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7395-8709
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: 'simona: a comprehensive R package for semantic similarity analysis on bio-ontologies'
  authors:
  - family-names: Gu
    given-names: Zuguang
    email: guzuguang@suat-sz.edu.cn
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7395-8709
  journal: BMC Genomics
  year: '2024'
  doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-10759-4
repository: https://bioc-release.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/jokergoo/simona
commit: 3c729fde7dc648debe23b5a494eafcf360799ad1
url: https://github.com/jokergoo/simona
date-released: '2026-01-30'
contact:
- family-names: Gu
  given-names: Zuguang
  email: guzuguang@suat-sz.edu.cn
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7395-8709