Nature Methods, editorial on methods development

Submitted by Alexis on Tue, 2012-03-06 18:19

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Some interesting points relevant to those involved in developing methods, or those who are early adopters:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1926
"On being second"
Nature Methods 9, 209 (2012)
Published online 28 February 2012

Of course, this being Nature Publishing Group, the editorial is not open access, which makes the following sentence (about venues for discussions on the merits of methods) ironic:

Open and searchable venues are always preferable to private exchanges in hallways and conferences.