Nature Masterclasses was developed by Nature Research to provide professional development training for researchers. Nature Research is part of Springer Nature, a leading academic and educational publisher. Nature Research’s flagship publication is Nature , a weekly multidisciplinary journal first published in 1869.
Nature Masterclasses began as a provider of science writing and editing training, drawing on the expertise of Nature Research editors . We have expanded our training by launching two other online courses , Focus on Peer Review in 2016 and Effective Collaboration in Research , 2019. Our online offering was further expanded in 2020, with two new courses , Managing Research Data to Unlock its full potential and Narrative Tools for Researchers . To date, more than 50,000 researchers from over 180 countries have benefited from our training.