Commentary
Designing figures readers can trust
Bar charts that hide data, rainbow colour maps that distort it, and palettes some readers cannot see. What the evidence says about scientific figures.
4 October 2026
Editorial articles from Sterling IMRES. Each one discusses works in the reference library and links to them, so every claim can be checked.
Bar charts that hide data, rainbow colour maps that distort it, and palettes some readers cannot see. What the evidence says about scientific figures.