The rise of software as a research object is mirrored by increasing interests in quantitative studies of scientific software. However, inconsistent citation practices have led most existing studies of this type to base their analysis of software impact on software name mentions, as identified in ful...
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Evaluation of the quality of research software is a challenging and relevant issue, still not sufficiently addressed by the scientific community. Our contribution begins by defining, precisely but widely enough, the notions of research software and of its authors followed by a study of the evaluatio...
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Research software citation in the Data Citation Index: Current practices and implications for research software sharing and reuse
The aim of this study is to explore the phenomenon of research software citation and, in particular, to draw attention to the increasing importance of this form of citation in scholarly communication. This research sheds light on the current status of formal software citation that is captured by cit...
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The PLOS ONE collection on machine learning in health and biomedicine: Towards open code and open data
Recent years have seen a surge of studies in machine learning in health and biomedicine, driven by digitalization of healthcare environments and increasingly accessible computer systems for conducting analyses. Many of us believe that these developments will lead to significant improvements in patie...
The domain of geophysics has historically been a driver of scientific software development due to the size, complexity, and societal importance of the research questions. Geophysical computation complements field observation, laboratory analysis, experiment, and theory. Specialized scientific softwa...