Methods

Journal Title：Methods

Methods focuses on rapidly developing techniques in the experimental biological and medical sciences.

Each topical issue, organized by a guest editor who is an expert in the area covered, consists solely of invited quality articles by specialist authors, many of them reviews. Issues are devoted to specific technical approaches with emphasis on clear detailed descriptions of protocols that allow them to be reproduced easily. The background information provided enables researchers to understand the principles underlying the methods; other helpful sections include comparisons of alternative methods giving the advantages and disadvantages of particular methods, guidance on avoiding potential pitfalls, and suggestions for troubleshooting.

《方法》专注于实验生物学和医学科学中快速发展的技术。

每个专题都由一位客座编辑组织，该编辑是所涵盖领域的专家，仅包含受邀的专业作者撰写的高质量文章，其中许多是评论。专题专门讨论特定的技术方法，重点是清晰详细的协议描述，以便于重现。提供的背景信息使研究人员能够理解方法背后的原理；其他有用的部分包括替代方法的比较，给出了特定方法的优缺点，避免潜在陷阱的指导以及故障排除的建议。

Methods创刊于1990年，由Academic Press Inc.出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖生物 - 生化研究方法全领域，此刊是中等级别的SCI期刊，所以过审相对来讲不是特别难，但是该刊专业认可度不错，仍然是一本值得选择的SCI期刊 。平均审稿速度 一般,3-8周 约11.3周，影响因子指数4.2，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。