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Better reporting is better science : Community-defined minimal reporting requirements for light microscopy

Montero Llopis, Paula ; van Oostende-Triplet, Chloë ; Gaudreault, Nathalie ; Strambio De Castillia, Caterina ; Fernandez-Rodriguez, Julia ; Martins, Gabriel ; North, Alison ; Acevedo, Luis ; Avilov, Sergiy and Bertocchi, Cristina , et al. (2026) In Journal of Cell Biology 225(3).
Abstract

Incomplete reporting of microscopy methods undermines transparency, reproducibility, and data reuse. Despite recent initiatives, comprehensive, broadly endorsed, and accessible reporting guidelines are still lacking. Here, we present a bare minimal microscopy reporting requirements checklist that integrates human- and machine-readable input to provide clear, actionable guidance for researchers, reviewers, and publishers and to advance community standards in microscopy.

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Humans, Microscopy/standards, Research Report/standards, Reproducibility of Results, Research Design/standards, Checklist
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Journal of Cell Biology
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225
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3
publisher
Rockefeller University Press
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  • pmid:41739099
  • scopus:105031190972
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0021-9525
DOI
10.1083/jcb.202601032
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English
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© 2026 Montero Llopis et al.
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  abstract     = {{<p>Incomplete reporting of microscopy methods undermines transparency, reproducibility, and data reuse. Despite recent initiatives, comprehensive, broadly endorsed, and accessible reporting guidelines are still lacking. Here, we present a bare minimal microscopy reporting requirements checklist that integrates human- and machine-readable input to provide clear, actionable guidance for researchers, reviewers, and publishers and to advance community standards in microscopy.</p>}},
  author       = {{Montero Llopis, Paula and van Oostende-Triplet, Chloë and Gaudreault, Nathalie and Strambio De Castillia, Caterina and Fernandez-Rodriguez, Julia and Martins, Gabriel and North, Alison and Acevedo, Luis and Avilov, Sergiy and Bertocchi, Cristina and Boehm, Ulrike and Cameron, Lisa and Cammer, Michael and Cleret-Buhot, Aurélie and Dietzel, Steffen and Faklaris, Orestis and Gaboriau, David and Guilbert, Thomas and Grunwald, David and Gu, Tingting and Halidi, Nadia and Hammer, Mathias and Hartmann, Hella and Heller, Janosch and Jambor, Helena and Koksoy, Ayse Aslihan and Lacoste, Judith and Larsen, DeLaine and Le Dévédec, Sylvia Emmanuelle and Liu, Penghuan and Moore, Josh and Nelson, Glyn and Nelson, Michael and Norlin, Nils and Parslow, Adam and Payne-Dwyer, Alexander L and Peterson, John and Podder, Santosh and Ravasio, Andrea and Rosa-Molinar, Eduardo and Schroth-Diez, Britta and Selchow, Olaf and Srinivasan, Sathya and Taatjes, Douglas and Vonderstein, Kirstin and Walther, Christa and Nitschke, Roland}},
  issn         = {{0021-9525}},
  keywords     = {{Humans; Microscopy/standards; Research Report/standards; Reproducibility of Results; Research Design/standards; Checklist}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{03}},
  number       = {{3}},
  publisher    = {{Rockefeller University Press}},
  series       = {{Journal of Cell Biology}},
  title        = {{Better reporting is better science : Community-defined minimal reporting requirements for light microscopy}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202601032}},
  doi          = {{10.1083/jcb.202601032}},
  volume       = {{225}},
  year         = {{2026}},
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