On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Jensen, Jens (STFC,RAL,SC)
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> This sounds very sensible. Someone suggested somewhere that writing code
> and publishing it even counts as a publication, and could be referenced
> with a DOI or something. If in the Glorious Future(tm) all data
> associated with a publication is published, so should be the codes used
> to analyse it, so people can verify the results. It was even suggested
> that software be peer reviewed.
>
> Apologies for being vague in the attributions; I genuinely cannot
> remember where the idea came from - I don't think it was one of my own.
>
I feel obliged to mention that these ideas have been around in other
disciplines (e.g. Life Sciences, where I was for 12 years before
coming to Imperial) for a long time...
E.G. http://f1000research.com/about plus many others
Cheers,
Adam
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