Preface

As a very powerful open source language, R is rapidly becoming a standard in the scientific community, particularly for data analysis and data visualization. This is related mainly to the vast availability of library packages, which empower the user to apply this software in virtually any field of scientific research. In relation to data visualization, R provides a rich palette of tools, and among the packages available, ggplot2 is fast becoming one of the more sophisticated and advanced packages. Its use is constantly growing in the community of R users. This increasing interest is particularly related to the ggplot2 capability of creating high-quality plots with a very appealing layout and coding that is sufficiently easy to use.

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