Troubling Trends in Scientific Software Use

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Citation: Lucas N. Joppa, Greg McInerny, Richard Harper, Lara Salido, Kenji Takeda, Kenton O'Hara, David Gavaghan, Stephen Emmott (2013/05/17) Troubling Trends in Scientific Software Use. Science (RSS)
DOI (original publisher): 10.1126/science.1231535
Semantic Scholar (metadata): 10.1126/science.1231535
Sci-Hub (fulltext): 10.1126/science.1231535
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Summary

Most scientists don't think critically about the software model. It is often based on word-of-mouth and reputation instead. This problem is compounded because software itself is often not peer-reviewed. Recommendations: education for PhD students and scientists, include code in peer-review.


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