Elevating The Status of Code in Ecology

K A S Mislan; Jeffrey M Heer; Ethan P White

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2015.11.006

Elevating The Status of Code in Ecology

Trends Ecol Evol. 2016 Jan;31(1):4-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.11.006. Epub 2015 Dec 15.

Authors

K A S Mislan¹, Jeffrey M Heer², Ethan P White³

Affiliations

¹ School of Oceanography, University of Washington, 1503 NE Boat Street, Seattle, WA 98105, USA; eScience Institute, University of Washington, 3910 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: kas.mislan@gmail.com.
² Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Washington, 185 Stevens Way, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
³ Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, 110 Newins-Ziegler Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; Informatics Institute, University of Florida, 230 Newell Dr Griffon-Floyd Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

PMID: 26704455
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.11.006

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Code is increasingly central to ecological research but often remains unpublished and insufficiently recognized.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.

Keywords: data; publish; reproducibility; software.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Access to Information*
Ecology*
Periodicals as Topic*
Programming Languages
Research Report
Software*