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  • Practical tips for designing readable multi‑panel composite manuscript figures

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    Multi‑panel composite figures are ubiquitous in academic papers. Poor layout, inconsistent fonts and crowded subplots confuse readers. What concrete design habits improve readability of multi‑panel composite figures?

    Fang Wang, Fang Fang and 29 others
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    • Keep font size, line‑weight and colour‑scheme consistent across every sub‑panel.

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      • Use clear panel labels (A/B/C) placed in identical relative position on each subplot.

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      • How do you handle conflicting results between your study and highly cited pr...

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        Publishing results that contradict widely cited studies can be challenging. Authors must be careful and thorough when presenting findings that conflict with established work. How do you responsibly present results that disagree with major prior research?

        Charles Martinez, Chao Guo and 18 others
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