Elevating the Status of Code in Ecology

K. Allison Smith; Jeffrey Heer; Ethan P. White

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2015.11.006

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Elevating the Status of Code in Ecology

K. Allison Smith, Jeffrey Heer, Ethan P. White. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2016

K. Allison Smith, Jeffrey Heer, Ethan P. White

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2016

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Abstract

Code is increasingly central to ecological research but often remains unpublished and insufficiently recognized. Making code available allows analyses to be more easily reproduced and can facilitate research by other scientists. We evaluate journal handling of code, discuss barriers to its publication, and suggest approaches for promoting and archiving code.

BibTeX

@article{2016-ecology-code,
  title = {Elevating the Status of Code in Ecology},
  author = {Smith, Allison AND Heer, Jeffrey AND White, Ethan},
  journal = {Trends in Ecology \& Evolution},
  year = {2016},
  volume = {31},
  number = {1},
  pages = {4--7},
  url = {https://uwdata.github.io/papers/ecology-code},
  doi = {10.1016/j.tree.2015.11.006}
}