The unsung heroes of scientific software
Creators of computer programs that underpin experiments don’t always get their due — so the website Depsy is trying to track the impact of research code.
For researchers who code, academic norms for tracking the value of their work seem grossly unfair. They can spend hours contributing to software that underpins research, but if that work does not result in the authorship of a research paper and accompanying citations, there is little way to measure its impact.
Enter Depsy, a free website launched in November 2015 that aims to “measure the value of software that powers science”.
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The unsung heroes of scientific software
Singh Chawla, Dalmeet
Nature, Vol. 529 Issue 7584 – 2016: 115 - 116
10.1038/529115a
For researchers who code, academic norms for tracking the value of their work seem grossly unfair. They can spend hours contributing to software that underpins research, but if that work does not result in the authorship of a research paper and accompanying citations, there is little way to measure its impact.
Enter Depsy, a free website launched in November 2015 that aims to “measure the value of software that powers science”.
Read the full story:
The unsung heroes of scientific software
Singh Chawla, Dalmeet
Nature, Vol. 529 Issue 7584 – 2016: 115 - 116
10.1038/529115a
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