Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its independent pathology journal, Diagnostic Pathology, is now offering authors the option to include virtual versions of their figures alongside their articles. Traditionally, pathology figures rely on tissue staining, and reproducing these images faithfully in journal articles can be challenging, leading to some loss of resolution. Including virtual versions of these figures is seen as a major step forward in pathology research publishing and will allow for greater analysis of the article figures.
Led by Editor-in-Chief Klaus Kayser, Diagnostic Pathology publishes research in surgical and clinical pathology, immunology, and biology, with a special focus on cutting-edge approaches in diagnostic pathology and tissue-based therapy. The new addition of an option to publish virtual slides alongside the journal articles promises to move the journal to the forefront of pathology research publishing. These virtual slides will provide and allow for an innovative, detailed, and in-depth further analysis of the figures published with the article.
The opportunity to publish virtual slides is optional and authors will be contacted upon submission to Diagnostic Pathology to ask them whether they would like to include virtual slides in their article. The service is completely free and aims to highlight key features of the glass slides which are better illustrated in the virtual format.
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