A well-trained and well-organised scientific method is what science is

“Science is a trained and organized common sense”, according to Thomas H. Huxley (Manias 2017), an English biologist, anthropologist, and great promoter of Darwin’s theory on the evolution of life (Manias 2017). Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist who revolutionised science in the twentieth century, shared this view, stating that “science is a refinement of ordinary thinking” (Gordin 2022). The scientists and the layperson gather information to find the solution to a given problem, or rather, the answer to a precise question for which they do not feel they already possess an acceptable one (Voit 2019; Zuiderwijk et al. 2020). The main difference between scientific knowledge and that guided by everyday wisdom lies in the fact that in science, the adopted procedures and choices must be made explicit and systematic. Therefore, scientific research can be defined as “a planned and regulated observation process” (Varde 2022).

The techniques used to gather information in all scientific disciplines are called “methods”, while “methodology” refers to everything related to applying those methods. Standard methods in scientific research include statistical surveys, content analysis, the experimental approach, and case studies (Voit 2019; Varde 2022). Although the training of individual methodologists is often tied to a specific science, they are required to broaden their skills to properly conduct certain types of research whose scope goes far beyond a single discipline. In the scientific process, the identification of the question/problem to be worked on may be determined by the researchers’ need or desire to test formal theories or to examine already established ideas for modification and expansion; often, it is a particular interest of the researcher for a deeper understanding of their discipline (Zuiderwijk et al. 2020). At other times, casual observations or investigations conducted for educational purposes may reveal a gap in available knowledge and thus motivate further study.

In this context, a scientific journal with a wide range of newly developed or enhanced methods in biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, microbiology, genetics, physiology, immunology, pharmacology, and other closely linked life sciences, is presented and launched here. Although the number of scientific, recent advances is too vast to be covered in one text, medical sciences represent an excellent example to have an idea of the impact within these diverse fields of study. For example, the bacterial CRISPR/Cas9 technology is the most potent way to alter mammalian genomes genetically (Okabe et al. 2021); next-generation sequencing methods are widely used in many fields of biology (Alharbi and Rashid 2022); methods trying to decipher protein-protein interactions represent a challenging task for biomedical researchers (Yang et al. 2022); stem cells have received much attention as a potential cellular therapy for maintaining, restoring, and regenerating cells and tissues (Wang et al. 2022); strategies in accelerating discovery and development of new drugs; methods for generating and administering new or improved anti-infective vaccines, especially considering the possibility of pandemics and antibiotic-resistant organisms (Cheng et al. 2003). These are just some of the fields which will be considered among the topics of this new journal.

Scientific investigation and detailed protocols in Life Sciences will improve life expectancy, living conditions, general quality, and, especially, the overall human well-being, contributing to our understanding of human biology, the basis of disease, and the diagnosis and treatment of disease (Ryu et al. 2019; Yang et al. 2019; Pradhan et al. 2021; Tamada et al. 2022). The Editors of the journal welcome high-quality contributions from all these fields from researchers from all over the world. Moreover, the journal will follow strict research ethical rules and accept only papers that have been carefully peer-reviewed.