Data visualisation

This post contains resources related to improving data visualisations in scientific papers, posters and other outputs.

General resources

• Create Effective Data Visualizations (second part focuses primarily on Tableau) (video)

• Creating clear and informative image-based figures for scientific publications

• Data visualisation for scientific papers videos by ReproducibiliTeach

BioRender

TU Delft offers licenses for BioRender (pilot programme). BioRender allows you to create professional figures in minutes through the use of pre-made icons and templates.

See also the following resources provided on Data Visualisation provided by BioRender:

• Better Grant Figures

• Designing graphical abstracts

• Tips for better presentations

Accessibility

• Tips to improve interpretability and accessibility by Dr Tracey Weissgerber (video)

• Writing Meaningful Alt-Texts for Data Visualizations in R

Colours

• A detailed guide to colors in data vis style guides (blog)

More information

• Data Visualization Course

• Free visual and communication resources

• Five charts that changed the world

• Misleading Data Visualizations (14 min video)

• The Turing Way Data Visualisations resources