Save Plot for Publication — save_publication_plot • pleior

Saves a ggplot2 object in publication-ready format with specified resolution.

Usage

save_publication_plot(
  plot,
  filename,
  width = 7,
  height = 5,
  dpi = 300,
  units = "in"
)

Arguments

plot: A ggplot2 object
filename: Character. Output filename (extension determines format: .pdf, .png, .tiff, .svg)
width: Numeric. Width in inches (default: 7)
height: Numeric. Height in inches (default: 5)
dpi: Numeric. Resolution for raster formats (default: 300 for publication)
units: Character. Units: "in", "cm", "mm" (default: "in")

Value

Invisible NULL (saves file to disk)

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
p <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = wt, y = mpg)) +
    geom_point()
save_publication_plot(p, "figure1.pdf", width = 7, height = 5)
} # }