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30 Jan 2014 | 10:31 AM

Bring on the box plots

Posted by Daniel Evanko | Categories: Nature Methods papers, Statistics, Visualization

Sample BoxPlotR plots. Top: Simple Tukey style plot. Bottom: Tukey style plot with notches, means and 83% confidence intervals and n values.

Box plots are excellent for visualizing important core statistics of sample data. We hope that a new online plotting tool BoxPlotR will help encourage their wider use in basic biological research.  Read more

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27 Sep 2013 | 10:57 AM

The dos and don’ts of communicating with editors and reviewers

Posted by Daniel Evanko | Categories: Featured, General Interest, Journal Policy

Some thoughts and advice from the editors at Nature Methods on communicating with us and our reviewers, particularly on matters of disagreement.  Read more

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27 Sep 2013 | 10:52 AM

How to write a cover letter

Posted by Allison Doerr | Categories: General Interest, Journal Policy

Part one of our 3-part series on the dos and don’ts of communicating with editors and reviewers.  Read more

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27 Sep 2013 | 10:51 AM

How to write a rebuttal letter

Posted by Nicole Rusk | Categories: General Interest, Journal Policy

A well written rebuttal letter is critical in any resubmission.   … Read more

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27 Sep 2013 | 10:50 AM

How to write an appeal letter

Posted by Allison Doerr | Categories: General Interest, Journal Policy

Rejection is never easy. You’ve put long weeks, months, maybe even years of work into a project that you think is perfect to publish in Nature Methods, so your feelings of disappointment, anger, frustration or self-doubt are completely understandable. Your first instinct might be to hit “reply” and send an angry email to the editor. But your best bet is to take some time to cool off, then move on and submit the paper elsewhere. If you are convinced, however, that a serious error has been made or that you can fully address the specific criticisms raised by the editors or by referees, then you may send a constructive appeal letter to the editor.  Read more

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