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Community-driven initiatives are proposing standards to improve the reporting and reproducibility of machine learning in biology. We support these developments, some of which are described in this month’s special issue.
Constructing a fair and accurate author list can be one of the most fraught aspects of manuscript publication. We provide some advice and resources for authors at all career levels.
Professional editing can be a rewarding career. Here we discuss what the job entails, highs and lows, how to prepare for this career, the interview process and more.
Computation goes hand in hand with contemporary biological studies. We describe a few trends in computational science that are helping drive new biological knowledge.
Researchers, funders, database managers and journals all have a role to play in accounting for diversity and prioritizing inclusion at the basic science level.
The Protein Data Bank (PDB) is the primary data resource for structural biology. On its 50th anniversary, we celebrate the future of this ever-growing field.
At Nature Methods we are happy to engage with prospective authors and readers. Here we go through the why, what, who, when and how of talking to journal editors.
New year, big changes: Nature Methods now offers authors the ability to publish research papers on an open access basis, including via a Guided Open Access pilot. Here’s how it works.