In the last 2 decades, lipidomics has become one of the fastest expanding scientific
disciplines in biomedical research. With an increasing number of new research groups to
the field, it is even more important to design guidelines for assuring high standards of data
quality. The Lipidomics Standards Initiative is a community-based endeavor for the
coordination of development of these best practice guidelines in lipidomics and is
embedded within the International Lipidomics Society. It is the intention of this review to …