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Evidence and investigation

Contested results

Where one study disagrees with what other studies report for the same models, and what we are doing to resolve each case.

These are automatic leads, not findings of error. Each release, a check compares how every study ranks the models it shares with other studies. It flags a study that reverses the order the others agree on, or whose gap to a shared reference model lies well outside theirs. Different tasks, populations or metrics often explain a flag.

A flag never hides a result. Flagged results stay in every table, page and download, marked Contested. A result is withheld only when a reviewer marks it disputed.

How the check works, and how each follow-up is recorded: discrepancies between studies.

In this release

  • 121open
  • 5settled
  • 7resolved
  • 1medium severity
  • 132low severity

Release 2026-11-02-a7f03c9e55a5 · 133 findings in all · rules version 4

Findings

Status: All · Open · Settled · Resolved

Severity: All · Medium · Low

State: All · Not yet reviewed · Under investigation · Explained · Confirmed error · Not a real disagreement

Showing findings that compare M-CAP. All models

3 findings match, most severe first.

FATHMM-XF and M-CAP: Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) reverses the order

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • Ordering reversal
  • unknown

Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) ranks M-CAP above FATHMM-XF in 7 of 7 comparisons; 2 of 2 other studies rank FATHMM-XF above M-CAP.

2 papers rank FATHMM-XF above M-CAP in 22 of their 26 comparisons and M-CAP higher in 3; 1 is a tie. Livesey and Marsh 2025 ranks M-CAP above FATHMM-XF in all 7 of its comparisons.

Comparisons in which each paper scores FATHMM-XF or M-CAP higher2 other papers: FATHMM-XF higher in 22, M-CAP higher in 3, 1 tie. Livesey and Marsh 2025 (disagrees): FATHMM-XF higher in 0, M-CAP higher in 7, 0 ties.2 other papers22 FATHMM-XF higher221 tie3 M-CAP higher3Disagrees: Livesey and Marsh 2025Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML)7 M-CAP higher7
FATHMM-XF higherTieM-CAP higher
Compared
FATHMM-XF, M-CAP

Not reviewed yet.

M-CAP and MutFormer: Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) and An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers disagree

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • two-study-conflict
  • unknown

Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) ranks MutFormer above M-CAP in 7 of 7 comparisons; An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers ranks M-CAP above MutFormer in 4 of 5 comparisons. No other study gives a verdict, so neither is the outlier.

2 papers rank M-CAP above MutFormer in 4 of their 13 comparisons and MutFormer higher in 8; 1 is a tie. Of those papers, Livesey and Marsh 2025 ranks MutFormer higher on its own (7 of 7).

Comparisons in which each paper scores M-CAP or MutFormer higher2 other papers: M-CAP higher in 4, MutFormer higher in 8, 1 tie.2 other papers4 M-CAP higher41 tie8 MutFormer higher8
M-CAP higherTieMutFormer higher
Compared
M-CAP, MutFormer

Not reviewed yet.

LIST-S2 and M-CAP: Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) and An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers disagree

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • two-study-conflict
  • unknown

Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) ranks M-CAP above LIST-S2 in 7 of 7 comparisons; An openly licensed benchmark and per-gene calibration map for missense pathogenicity predictors on activating cancer drivers ranks LIST-S2 above M-CAP in 5 of 6 comparisons. No other study gives a verdict, so neither is the outlier.

2 papers rank LIST-S2 above M-CAP in 5 of their 13 comparisons and M-CAP higher in 8. Of those papers, Livesey and Marsh 2025 ranks M-CAP higher on its own (7 of 7).

Comparisons in which each paper scores LIST-S2 or M-CAP higher2 other papers: LIST-S2 higher in 5, M-CAP higher in 8, 0 ties.2 other papers5 LIST-S2 higher58 M-CAP higher8
LIST-S2 higherTieM-CAP higher
Compared
LIST-S2, M-CAP

Not reviewed yet.