The old adage says “a picture is worth a thousand words.” If that is the case, then a picture should receive the same amount of care and attention as those thousand words. Yet, scientific figures are ...

Figures are powerful tools for communicating scientific information, but their effectiveness can only be maximized if graphic design principles are followed. Panel arrangement, sequencing, sizing, and ...

Every year, more than one million scientific articles are published in the life sciences. Two-thirds of them include statistical figures that are not always understandable, interpretable, or ...