Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 1157302
Low availability of code in ecology: A call for urgent action
Low availability of code in ecology: A call for urgent action // PLoS biology, 18 (2020), 7; e3000763, 9 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000763 (međunarodna recenzija, članak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Low availability of code in ecology: A call for urgent action
(Low availability of code in ecology: A call for urgent action)
Autori
Culina, Antica ; van den Berg, Ilona ; Evans, Simon ; Sánchez-Tójar, Alfredo
Izvornik
PLoS biology (1544-9173) 18
(2020), 7;
E3000763, 9
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni
Ključne riječi
reproducibility ; analysis code ; ecology
Sažetak
Access to analytical code is essential for transparent and reproducible research. We review the state of code availability in ecology using a random sample of 346 nonmolecular articles published between 2015 and 2019 under mandatory or encouraged code-sharing policies. Our results call for urgent action to increase code availability: only 27% of eligible articles were accompanied by code. In contrast, data were available for 79% of eligible articles, highlighting that code availability is an important limiting factor for computational reproducibility in ecology. Although the percentage of ecological journals with mandatory or encouraged code-sharing policies has increased considerably, from 15% in 2015 to 75% in 2020, our results show that code-sharing policies are not adhered to by most authors. We hope these results will encourage journals, institutions, funding agencies, and researchers to address this alarming situation.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Interdisciplinarne prirodne znanosti, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti
