Love Methods Week 2026

Learning Objectives

          – Develop and submit a detailed, reusable protocol to a public repository, enhancing the reproducibility and accessibility of your research methods.
          – Critically evaluate and peer-review the methods section of a manuscript, ensuring methodological rigor and clarity.
          – Design comprehensive in vivo study protocols for preclinical research, facilitating robust and ethical experimental practices.
          – Pre-register preclinical in vivo or in vitro studies, promoting transparency and accountability in research planning.
          – Compose protocols suitable for peer-reviewed publications, increasing the likelihood of acceptance by editors and contributing to scientific discourse.
          – Share reproducible methods effectively, enabling other researchers to replicate and build upon your work.
          – Accurately cite protocols, study designs, or pre-registrations in research papers, providing clear references and facilitating resource tracking.
          – Utilize lab notebooks to create reproducible protocols, ensuring detailed documentation of experimental procedures.
          – Apply reporting and PRO-MaP guidelines to enhance methods reporting, adhering to standardized practices for clarity and completeness.
          – Implement Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs) to specify materials used, allowing precise identification and reproducibility of research components.
          – Use methodological shortcut citations responsibly, maintaining the integrity and traceability of referenced methods.
          – Describe methods comprehensively when sharing data, ensuring that datasets are accompanied by sufficient methodological context for reuse.