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Processes that maintain quality at a constant level
Quality control (QC) is a process by which entities review the quality of all factors involved in production. ISO 9000 defines quality control as "a part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements". Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Quality controlA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Ultrafast one‐pass FASTQ data preprocessing, quality control, and deduplication using fastpInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: ISO 9001The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The STRING database in 2017: quality-controlled protein–protein association networks, made broadly accessibleCited 6,085 times
- Go sideways: Quality managementA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Quality costsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A control, such as inspection or testing, introduced into an industrial or business process to ensure quality.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The STRING database in 2017: quality-controlled protein–protein association networks, made broadly accessible
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🆕 Influential since 2022
Ultrafast one‐pass FASTQ data preprocessing, quality control, and deduplication using fastp
The role of PINK1–Parkin in mitochondrial quality control
Reshaping endoplasmic reticulum quality control through the unfolded protein response
Lysosomal quality control Review
Quality control of mitochondrial nucleoids
📚 Books worth reading
ISO 9001Ray Tricker · 2005
Total quality managementJohn S. Oakland · 1989
Fundamentals of Quality Control and ImprovementAmitava Mitra · 2005
Lean Six Sigma For DummiesMartin Brenig-Jones · 2009
Quality controlDale H. Besterfield · 1979
Guide to quality controlKaoru Ishikawa · 1972
A first course in quality engineeringK. S. Krishnamoorthi · 2006
The Checklist ManifestoAtul Gawande · 2010
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