Four simple recommendations to encourage best practices in research software

Jiménez, Rafael C; Kuzak, Mateusz; Alhamdoosh, Monther; Barker, Michelle; Batut, Bérénice; Borg, Mikael; Capella-Gutierrez, Salvador; Hong, Neil Chue; Cook, Martin; Corpas, Manuel; Flannery, Madison; Garcia, Leyla; Gelpí, Josep Ll; Gladman, Simon; Goble, Carole; Ferreiro, Montserrat González; Gonzalez-Beltran, Alejandra; Griffin, Philippa C; Grüning, Björn; Hagberg, Jonas; Holub,  Petr; Hooft, Rob; Ison, Jon; Katz, Daniel S; Leskošek, Brane; Gómez, Federico López; Oliveira, Luis J; Mellor, David; Mosbergen, Rowland; Mulder, Nicola; Perez-Riverol, Yasset; Pergl, Robert; Pichler, Horst; Pope, Bernard; Sanz, Ferran; Schneider, Maria V; Stodden, Victoria; Suchecki, Radosław; Svobodová,  Radka; Talvik, Harry-Anton; Todorov, Ilian; Treloar, Andrew; Tyagi, Sonika; Gompel, Maarten van; Vaughan, Daniel; Via, Allegra; Wang, Xiaochuan; Watson-Haigh, Nathan S; Steve, Crouch

Four simple recommendations to encourage best practices in research software

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Authors	JIMÉNEZ Rafael C KUZAK Mateusz ALHAMDOOSH Monther BARKER Michelle BATUT Bérénice BORG Mikael CAPELLA-GUTIERREZ Salvador HONG Neil Chue COOK Martin CORPAS Manuel FLANNERY Madison GARCIA Leyla GELPÍ Josep Ll GLADMAN Simon GOBLE Carole FERREIRO Montserrat González GONZALEZ-BELTRAN Alejandra GRIFFIN Philippa C GRÜNING Björn HAGBERG Jonas HOLUB Petr HOOFT Rob ISON Jon KATZ Daniel S LESKOŠEK Brane GÓMEZ Federico López OLIVEIRA Luis J MELLOR David MOSBERGEN Rowland MULDER Nicola PEREZ-RIVEROL Yasset PERGL Robert PICHLER Horst POPE Bernard SANZ Ferran SCHNEIDER Maria V STODDEN Victoria SUCHECKI Radosław SVOBODOVÁ VAŘEKOVÁ Radka TALVIK Harry-Anton TODOROV Ilian TRELOAR Andrew TYAGI Sonika GOMPEL Maarten van VAUGHAN Daniel VIA Allegra WANG Xiaochuan WATSON-HAIGH Nathan S STEVE Crouch
Year of publication	2017
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	F1000Research
MU Faculty or unit	Central European Institute of Technology
Citation
Web	https://f1000research.com/articles/6-876/v1
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11407.1
Field	Informatics
Keywords	Open Source; code; software; guidelines; best practices; recommendations; Open Science; quality; sustainability; FAIR
Description	Scientific research relies on computer software, yet software is not always developed following practices that ensure its quality and sustainability. This manuscript does not aim to propose new software development best practices, but rather to provide simple recommendations that encourage the adoption of existing best practices. Software development best practices promote better quality software, and better quality software improves the reproducibility and reusability of research. These recommendations are designed around Open Source values, and provide practical suggestions that contribute to making research software and its source code more discoverable, reusable and transparent. This manuscript is aimed at developers, but also at organisations, projects, journals and funders that can increase the quality and sustainability of research software by encouraging the adoption of these recommendations.