Editorials

A new method should be thoroughly tested, applied, described — and peer-reviewed — before biological discoveries generated using the method are published.

This month, we celebrate the beauty and power of microscopy images.

The US elections take place in a little over a month. How its citizens vote will have a major impact on the scientific community and on the integrity of the scientific enterprise in the United States.

We distributed an informal questionnaire to learn from scientists about their professional use of WeChat. We share some of their answers and discuss the multipurpose platform offered by WeChat.

We’ve made some recent updates to our various content type offerings at Nature Methods. Here is a cheat sheet.

Systemic racism has held back under-represented minorities, especially Black people, in scientific research. We’re committed in our roles as journal editors to help correct this inequality.

We conducted an informal survey to learn how scientists are using Twitter. We share some of the responses and discuss why being active on Twitter offers real benefits.

More basic research studies of marine microorganisms — supported by new methods, tools and resources — are needed to help inform policies to mitigate the impact of climate change.

Despite the incredible challenges, the science research community is stepping up to address the coronavirus pandemic in multiple ways.

Discourse is fundamental to science. We now have a dedicated format for constructive comments on Nature Methods papers, called Matters Arising.

This month, we take a look back on the first year of the online Springer Nature Protocols and Methods Community.

Multimodal omics measurement offers opportunities for gaining holistic views of cells one by one.

Deep learning has made a resounding impact on microscopy; we highlight the state-of-the-art and potential future directions in this focus issue.

This month, we celebrate the visual beauty of scientific images and drawings.

We celebrate the 15th anniversary issue of Nature Methods with a look back on the past decade and a half, and a look forward to the future of methods development.

There are many misconceptions about science journalism. We aim to provide some clarity on how journalists work and how to give interviews about your research.

Technology development research worthy of publication takes place at many for-profit companies. At Nature Methods, we do not treat such papers any differently than papers submitted from academic labs.

Highlighting the importance of diversity and inclusion at scientific meetings.

The year 2019 marks two noteworthy anniversaries in chemistry. We use this opportunity to reflect on the importance of chemistry to Nature Methods and to the broader life science research community.

Dispelling stigmas and highlighting benefits of the Nature Research manuscript transfer service.