# Suggestions on reporting HMC diagnostics for scientific publication

**URL:** <https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/suggestions-on-reporting-hmc-diagnostics-for-scientific-publication/20003>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** bayesplot, rstan\
**Created:** [December 31, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/suggestions-on-reporting-hmc-diagnostics-for-scientific-publication/20003 "2020-12-31T17:31:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![yizhang](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/yizhang/32/15673_2.png) [@yizhang](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/yizhang)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/suggestions-on-reporting-hmc-diagnostics-for-scientific-publication/20003/10 "2021-01-05T23:54:01Z")

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Discussion like this happens every once a while, like [here](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/accessible-explanation-to-the-no-u-turn-sampler/2695/7), [here](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/nuts-variation/10260/2), and [here](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/nuts-vs-hmc/16453/4). I myself got frustrated when have to dig into PRs and code to figure out what’s done, and lean comment doesn’t always help to understand why. I just wish there were a doc somewhere to summarize how we’re past original nuts because I can see the question will be asked again and again.

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