# Normalization on rpkm data

**URL:** <https://discourse.scverse.org/t/normalization-on-rpkm-data/1750>\
**Category:** scanpy\
**Created:** [September 11, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/normalization-on-rpkm-data/1750 "2023-09-11T05:49:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/normalization-on-rpkm-data/1750/1 "2023-09-11T05:49:38Z")

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I had an rpkm data. Can I use scanpy.normalize\_total() on it? Or I just go ahead to the next step and dont need to do normalization anymore?

Thank you very much for helping me!