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Editorial
. 2024 Jun 20;20(6):e1012170.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012170. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Ten simple rules for implementing electronic lab notebooks (ELNs)

Justine Vandendorpe  1 , Beatrix Adam  1 , Jeanne Wilbrandt  2 , Birte Lindstädt  1 , Konrad U Förstner  1   3
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Editorial

Ten simple rules for implementing electronic lab notebooks (ELNs)

Justine Vandendorpe et al. PLoS Comput Biol. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1. The role an ELN can play in the research data lifecycle.
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