Nature Methods is an academic journal covering new techniques for science. It began in 2004. It is published monthly by the Nature Publishing Group

Nature Publishing Group

Nature Publishing Group is an international publishing company that publishes academic journals, online databases, and services across the life, physical, chemical and applied sciences and clinical medicine...

, a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...

. Like other Nature journals, there is no external editorial board; editorial decisions are made by an in-house team, although peer review

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

by external expert referees forms a part of the review process.

The current chief editor is Daniel Evanko.