Nature, one of the top-tier scientific journals in the world, published an editorial last week requiring future study authors to consider how their findings “might perpetuate gender stereotypes” as part of the submission process.

Researchers must also acknowledge how sex and gender were accounted for in their study design and analysis, and if they weren’t, they would have to explain why. This is with the goal of removing bias, and it applies to research involving humans, animals, and cell lines. But if you were curious about the journal’s stance on other social justice-related hot topics, it has also issued guidance on implementing intersectionality during COVID-19, geopolitics, and systemic racism.