Tutorials for Scientific Figures
Step-by-step guides for creating publication-ready scientific figures, from bar charts and scatter plots to multi-panel figures and graphical abstracts.
How to Create a Graphical Abstract
Learn the design principles, journal requirements, and best practices for creating effective graphical abstracts for research papers.
How to Make a Multi-Panel Figure
Step-by-step guide for assembling multiple plots into a single publication-ready figure. Layout, spacing, and labeling best practices.
How to Export Figures at 300 DPI
Export publication-ready figures at the correct resolution for Nature, Cell, Science, and other journals.
Bar Chart vs Box Plot
When to use bar charts vs box plots for scientific data. Distribution, outliers, and statistical reporting best practices.
Color Palette for Scientific Figures
Choose color palettes for scientific figures that are accessible, colorblind-friendly, and journal-compliant.
Nature Figure Checklist
Complete formatting checklist for figures submitted to Nature journals. Dimensions, DPI, fonts, and file formats.
Cell Figure Checklist
Complete formatting checklist for figures submitted to Cell Press journals. Width, height, resolution, and color mode requirements.
How to Make a Bar Chart
Create publication-ready bar charts for scientific papers. Grouped, stacked, and error bar best practices.
How to Make a Box Plot
Build box plots for scientific data. Whiskers, outliers, notches, and journal-specific formatting.
How to Make a Violin Plot
Create violin plots showing data distribution. Kernel density estimation, split violins, and overlay with box plots.
How to Make a Scatter Plot
Build scatter plots for correlation analysis. Trend lines, regression, confidence intervals, and multi-series plotting.
How to Make a Line Graph
Create line graphs for time-series and dose-response data. Error bars, smoothing, and multiple series.
How to Make a Heatmap
Build heatmaps for gene expression, correlation matrices, and spatial data. Color scales, clustering, and dendrograms.
How to Make a Forest Plot
Create forest plots for meta-analysis. Effect sizes, confidence intervals, and summary diamonds.
How to Make a Volcano Plot
Build volcano plots for differential expression analysis. Log fold change, p-values, and significance thresholds.
How to Make a PCA Plot
Create PCA plots for dimensionality reduction. Eigenvectors, explained variance, and sample clustering.
How to Make a Kaplan-Meier Curve
Build Kaplan-Meier survival curves for clinical trials. Censoring, log-rank tests, and number-at-risk tables.
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