Replace Bar charts with Dot Plots

You rarely find bar charts in a science journal. This is mainly because it is not the best way for presenting most of the scientific data. Personally, I am not a big fan of bar charts. As Edward Tufte puts it

Bar charts have a very low data-ink ratio.

i.e., they waste a lot a ink without adding any information.

On rare occasions that I have been forced to use the bar chart, the result was disappointing. I found the dot plots to be much better in presenting the same data with less clutter. Dot plots also have high data-ink ratio, meaning every dot of ink adds value (information) to the plot. Take a look here.