You’re writing your methods section. You based your methods on those used in a previous paper. Should you:

A. Cite the paper instead of fully describing your methods

OR

B. Cite the paper & fully describe your methods

(thread) Our new preprint examines the use of methodological shortcut citations.
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Authors use a methodological shortcut citation when they cite another resource that may (or may not) fully describe the method.

Figures are one of the first things that many readers examine when reading a paper. How can you design effective figures with images?

See our new paper in @PLOSBiology to learn how to identify & fix common problems. 1/n
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar… Papers attract a broad audience; yet interpreting figures outside ones area of expertise is often difficult.

Design figures for your audience, not for yourself (see this great paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…). Good design allows a broad audience to understand your research.

Designing better figures for small studies: Why you shouldn’t use bar graphs for continuous data and what to do instead (A Thread in Q&A format, with figures from our new @CircAHA paper)

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar… “Can I still use a bar graph if my data are normally distributed?”
jbc.org/content/292/50…

Designing better figures for small studies: Why you shouldn’t use bar graphs for continuous data and what to do instead (A visual Q&A thread)
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar… “Can I still use a bar graph if my data are normally distributed?”
jbc.org/content/292/50…

Designing better figures for small studies: Why you shouldn’t use bar graphs for continuous data and what to do instead (A Visual Q&A Thread)
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar… “Can I still use a bar graph if my data are normally distributed?”
statistika.mfub.bg.ac.rs/interactive-do…