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Author Spotlight: Biological Standardization to Ensure Reproducibility and Harmonization in Research
Published on: August 4, 2023
How peer review and publication can make a good protocol even better
Matthew J Pavlovich1, Shawnna Buttery2
1Editor,Trends in Biotechnology, Cell Press, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Abstract:
A guiding principle of STAR Protocols is that we make researchers' lives easier by publishing robust and usable protocols. We leverage the strength of peer review to help authors improve their protocol. This Backstory details the transformation of a bench protocol to a published protocol, highlighting the improvements to the article through the drafting, review, and revision stages. This underscores the value of the peer review process in general and the collaborative peer review philosophy at STAR Protocols specifically. For complete details, please refer to Chhoy et al. (2021).
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