Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Comment
  • Published:

Metrology is key to reproducing results

Nature volume 547, pages 397–399 (2017)Cite this article

Subjects

Scientists of all stripes must work with measurement experts so that studies can be compared, urge Martyn Sené, Ian Gilmore and Jan-Theodoor Janssen

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to the full article PDF.

USD 39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Mitchard, E. T. A. et al. Carbon Balance Manag. 8, 10 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Baker, M. Nature 533, 452–454 (2016).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Plant, A. L., Locascio, L. E., May, W. E. & Gallagher, P. D. Nature Methods 11, 895–898 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Desrosiers, M. et al. J. Res. Natl Inst. Stand. Technol. 118, 403–418 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. deputy chief executive at NPL with a background in nuclear physics,

    Martyn Sené

  2. senior NPL fellow leading the National Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging and is head of science,

    Ian Gilmore

  3. research director at NPL with a background in solid-state quantum technology,

    Jan-Theodoor Janssen

Authors
  1. Martyn Sené
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Ian Gilmore
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Jan-Theodoor Janssen
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jan-Theodoor Janssen.

Additional information

Tweet Follow @NatureNews

Related links

Related links

Related links in Nature Research

No publication without confirmation 2017-Feb-22

Improved reproducibility by assuring confidence in measurements in biomedical research 2014-Aug-28

Don't stop the quest to measure Big G 2014-Jan-22

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Sené, M., Gilmore, I. & Janssen, JT. Metrology is key to reproducing results. Nature 547, 397–399 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/547397a

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/547397a

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing Careers

Sign up for the Nature Briefing: Careers newsletter — what matters in careers research, free to your inbox weekly.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing: Careers