R Weekly 2025-W35 Introducing g6R, Julia for R users

26 Aug 2025

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This week’s release was curated by Batool Almarzouq, with help from the R Weekly team members and contributors.

Highlight

• Introducing g6R 0.1.0: a network widget for R.

• Introduction to Julia for R users

Insights

• Introducing g6R 0.1.0: a network widget for R.

• Little useless-useful R functions – Absurd converter with Markdown report

R in Organizations

• How R Powers Cancer Research and Community Teaching in Austria

• Announcing the 2025 Table and Plotnine Contests

• R Loves Math: cpp11armadillo connects R with Armadillo C++ linear algebra library, prioritizes prioritize safety over speed

R in Academia

• Nonparametric serial interval estimation

New Packages

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CRAN

• {rPublic} 1.0.0: ‘Public Trading API’

• {plotannotate} 1.4-0: Annotate Plots

• {CMTFtoolbox} 1.0.1: Create (Advanced) Coupled Matrix and Tensor Factorization Models

• {aRD} 0.1.0: Adjusted Risk Differences via Specifically Penalized Likelihood

• {senseweight} 0.0.1: Sensitivity Analysis for Weighted Estimators

• {letsRept} 1.0.0: An Interface to the Reptile Database

• {GRANDpriv} 0.1.3: Graph Release with Assured Node Differential Privacy

• {ecodive} 1.0.0: Parallel and Memory-Efficient Ecological Diversity Metrics

• {verdadecu} 0.2.0: Data from the Ecuador Truth Commission

• {ggdiceplot} 0.1.0: Dice Plot Visualization for ‘ggplot2’

• {rpgconn} 0.3.1: User-Friendly PostgreSQL Connection Management

• {PopPsiSeqR} 1.0.0: Process and Visualize Evolve & Resequence Experiments

• {Nematode} 0.2.0: Ecological Indices Calculator for Nematode Communities

• {MOM} 0.1.0: Estimation and Testing of Hypothesis

• {metaSVR} 0.1.0: Support Vector Regression with Metaheuristic Algorithms Optimization

• {CCI} 0.2.1: Computational Test for Conditional Independence

• {gtregression} 1.0.0: Tools for Creating Publication-Ready Regression Tables

• {KSIC} 1.0.2: Korea Standard Industrial Classification (KSIC)

• {csdb} 2025.7.30: An Abstracted System for Easily Working with Databases with Large Datasets

Updated Packages

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• x13binary 1.1.61.1 on CRAN: Micro Fix

• RcppArmadillo 14.6.3-1 on CRAN: Minor Upstream Bug Fixes

• {huxtable} 5.7.0

• {osmdata} 0.3.0: Import ‘OpenStreetMap’ data from Overpass servers - diffify

• ragnar 0.2

• mall 0.2.0

• {BayesianReasoning} 0.4.3: Plot Positive and Negative Predictive Values for Medical Tests - diffify

• {GGally} 2.4.0: Extension to ‘ggplot2’ - diffify

• {nlmixr2plot} 3.0.3: Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models in Population PK/PD, Plot Functions - diffify

• {demodelr} 2.0.0: Simulating Differential Equations with Data - diffify

• {starwarsdb} 0.1.3: Relational Data from the ‘Star Wars’ API for Learning and Teaching - diffify

• {autograph} 0.2.0: Automatic Plotting of Many Graphs - diffify

• {flowchart} 0.9.0: Tidy Flowchart Generator - diffify

• {shinyMixR} 0.5.2: Interactive ‘shiny’ Dashboard for ‘nlmixr2’ - diffify

• {tensorflow} 2.20.0: R Interface to ‘TensorFlow’ - diffify

• {gtrendsR} 1.5.2: Perform and Display Google Trends Queries - diffify

• {longevity} 1.2.2: Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Excess Lifetimes - diffify

• {simplecolors} 0.1.3: Access Color Names Using a Standardized Nomenclature - diffify

• {tidyllm} 0.3.5: Tidy Integration of Large Language Models - diffify

• {modeldata} 1.5.1: Data Sets Useful for Modeling Examples - diffify

• {ipaddress} 1.0.3: Data Analysis for IP Addresses and Networks - diffify

• {Certara.RsNLME} 3.1.0: Pharmacometric Modeling - diffify

• {rdocdump} 0.1.1: Dump ‘R’ Package Source, Documentation, and Vignettes into One File - diffify

• {ggtranslate} 0.1.1: A ‘ggplot2’ Extension for Translating Plot Text - diffify

• {httk} 2.7.1: High-Throughput Toxicokinetics - diffify

• {xaringanthemer} 0.4.4: Custom ‘xaringan’ CSS Themes - diffify

• {astsa} 2.3: Applied Statistical Time Series Analysis - diffify

• {ironseed} 0.2.0: Improved Random Number Generator Seeding - diffify

• {BioStatR} 4.0.2: Initiation à La Statistique Avec R - diffify

• {NPP} 0.7.0: Normalized Power Prior Bayesian Analysis - diffify

• {asht} 1.0.3: Applied Statistical Hypothesis Tests - diffify

• {utilityFunctionTools} 1.0: P-Spline Regression for Utility Functions and Derived Measures - diffify

Videos and Podcasts

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Tutorials

• Introduction to Julia for R users

• The birthday problem

• Men’s domestic chores and fertility rates - Part II

• Global Modeling with GluonTS DeepAR: Future of Semiconductors in the U.S.

• Revolutionary RandomWalker Update: 23 New Functions Transform Stochastic Modeling in R

• How to Write Robust shinytest2 Tests for R Shiny Apps

• Setting up local LLMs for R and Python

• ANES 2024 is Out! How to Analyze the Data with R

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• This week’s local R-User and applied stats events

• Weekly R Workshops for Ukraine

• R-multiverse: a new way to publish R packages

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