How do I use and cite DepMap data?


Data in the DepMap portal is available for the community to use. The DepMap team does not need to be included as authors should you seek to publish on the data, but we do ask that you use the following citing instructions.

In addition to the relevant doi or paper, please include a reference to the DepMap portal website in your manuscript:https://depmap.org/portal.

We grant permission for reuse of all images and graphics produced from the DepMap portal website.

DepMap releases data publicly independent of publication. We ask that instead of citing a publication, you cite the figshare for the data release you are using.

Current DepMap Release data, including CRISPR Screens, PRISM Drug Screens, Copy Number, Mutation, Expression, and Fusions
DepMap, Broad (2023). DepMap 23Q4 Public. Figshare+. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25452/figshare.plus.24667905.v2

If you’d like to cite The DepMap project:
Tsherniak A, Vazquez F, Montgomery PG, Weir BA, Kryukov G, Cowley GS, Gill S, Harrington WF, Pantel S, Krill-Burger JM, Meyers RM, Ali L, Goodale A, Lee Y, Jiang G, Hsiao J, Gerath WFJ, Howell S, Merkel E, Ghandi M, Garraway LA, Root DE, Golub TR, Boehm JS, Hahn WC. Defining a Cancer Dependency Map. Cell. 2017 Jul 27;170(3):564-576.

Other datasets
There are also other datasets available in the DepMap portal. You can find the appropriate citation to use for each dataset in the dropdown on the All Data Downloads page.