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ggplot2 theme for scientific publications

Source: R/theme_publish.R
theme_publish.Rd

Themes set the general aspect of the plot such as the color of the background, grid lines, the size and color of fonts. This particular theme is based on the classic dark-on-light ggplot2 theme_bw and has been used for scientific publications.

Usage

theme_publish(base_size = 12, base_family = "", base_linewidth = 0.25, ...)

Arguments

base_size

base font size

base_family

base font family

base_linewidth

base line width for ticks and axes

...

further arguments to be passed to theme_bw

See also

ggtheme theme_bw

Author

Zacharias Steinmetz

Examples

library(ggplot2)
p <- ggplot(mtcars) + geom_point(aes(x = wt, y = mpg,
     colour = factor(gear))) + facet_wrap( ~ am)
p

p + theme_publish()