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+id: "{{ name_noslash }}-methods-description"
+description: "Suggested text and references to use when describing pipeline usage within the methods section of a publication."
+section_name: "{{ name }} Methods Description"
+section_href: "https://github.com/{{ name }}"
+plot_type: "html"
+## TODO nf-core: Update the HTML below to your prefered methods description, e.g. add publication citation for this pipeline
+## You inject any metadata in the Nextflow '${workflow}' object
+data: |
+ Methods
+ Data was processed using {{ name }} v${workflow.manifest.version} ${doi_text} of the nf-core collection of workflows (Ewels et al., 2020).
+ The pipeline was executed with Nextflow v${workflow.nextflow.version} (Di Tommaso et al., 2017) with the following command:
+ ${workflow.commandLine}
+ References
+
+ - Di Tommaso, P., Chatzou, M., Floden, E. W., Barja, P. P., Palumbo, E., & Notredame, C. (2017). Nextflow enables reproducible computational workflows. Nature Biotechnology, 35(4), 316-319. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3820
+ - Ewels, P. A., Peltzer, A., Fillinger, S., Patel, H., Alneberg, J., Wilm, A., Garcia, M. U., Di Tommaso, P., & Nahnsen, S. (2020). The nf-core framework for community-curated bioinformatics pipelines. Nature Biotechnology, 38(3), 276-278. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x
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+
+
Notes:
+
+ ${nodoi_text}
+ - The command above does not include parameters contained in any configs or profiles that may have been used. Ensure the config file is also uploaded with your publication!
+ - You should also cite all software used within this run. Check the "Software Versions" of this report to get version information.
+
+