Coming soon: this year we will announce our pick for Method of the Year in our December 2023 issue. Any guesses? 😉#MoTY2023

Hooray! My favorite time of year!

All of Nature Methods Method of the Year 2023 content can be seen in this fabulous Collection. I would like to give a big shout-out to Senior Editor Madhura Mukhopadhyay for spearheading the project and editing the pieces in this special issue! 🤩 Please check it out!

In our January issue Editorial, we take a look back at some of the team's favorite papers we published in 2023. Was your favorite paper included? Check it out here! nature.com/articles/s4159…

Our chief editor Allison Doerr is in Philly at the Biophysical Society meeting. Reach out if you'd like to meet her! #bps2024

In this month's Editorial, we explain how we manage the peer review process at Nature Methods. A key take-home point: reviewers provide advice, while editors make decisions! We also explain how we choose reviewers and handle tricky situations. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Bucket list item checked!

Some weekend reading: our April issue is now live! This beautiful cover artwork is courtesy of Li Zhao, Sichuan University. Paper here: nature.com/articles/s4159… April issue here: nature.com/nmeth/volumes/…

In this month's Editorial we continue demystifying peer review. We describe how we strive to involve more early career researchers as reviewers, and how we aim to bring more overall transparency to the process. Read it here for free! nature.com/articles/s4159…

Check out our May issue, with a Focus on methods for immunology, spearheaded by Madhura Mukhopadhyay!

What's in a method name? In our June Editorial, we provide some food for thought about when and how to give your method or software tool a great name. Sneak peak: pick a name that is unique as a word and easy to remember. Avoid anything cringey! nature.com/articles/s4159…

To start, please read our Editorial which provides a roadmap to our Focus on advanced AI in biology, and discusses how we (as editors of a methods journal) are both excited about the future, but also cautious. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Our Focus on AI includes a series of Perspectives that discuss cutting-edge computational advances, but also best practices, risks and potential pitfalls.

This month's Focus on advanced AI in biology also contains a series of Comments from leaders in their respective fields, who discuss the broad impacts that AI-based methods are likely to have on many areas of biological research.

We're so excited to present this special issue! It was a true team effort, with contributions from all the Nature Methods editors: Lin Tang, Dr. Arunima Singh, Rita Strack, Madhura Mukhopadhyay, Lei Tang, Nina Vogt and Vivien Marx🐘📬⛅️.

If you need a refresher about protein structure prediction re today's #NobelPrize announcement, please check out our 2021 Method of the Year Feature (including Comments written by John Jumper & Demis Hassabis and by David Baker). Big congratulations to the winners!!

In this month's Editorial, we take a look back on the past two decades of methods development for basic research in the life sciences. With comments about the early days of the journal from Veronique Kiermer, the first chief editor of Nature Methods. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Our 20th anniversary issue also includes anecdotes from past editors Daniel Evanko, Nicole Rusk, Natalie de Souza, Erika Pastrana, Tal Nawy, and current editors Allison Doerr, Nina Vogt, Rita Strack, Lei Tang, Dr. Arunima Singh, Lin Tang and Madhura Mukhopadhyay. nature.com/nmeth/volumes/…

What a milestone! 20 years of Nature Methods! Please check out our special anniversary issue.

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