| Title | The Journal Nature is Asking for Source Code | |
| Date | Friday October 31 2014, @01:35PM | |
| Author | LaminatorX | |
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| from the peer-review dept. | ||
Nature is updating its policy to state that papers in Nature journals should make computer code accessible where possible.
Although this policy update does not go as far as requiring all code explicitly, it is a major step forward with the journal now indicating code availability and:
Editors will insist on availability where they consider it appropriate: any practical issues preventing code sharing will be evaluated by the editors, who reserve the right to decline a paper if important code is unavailable.
Nature is not requiring open source though, from the Authors and Referees Guidelines
For all studies using custom code that is deemed central to the conclusions, a statement must be included in the Methods section, under the heading “Code availability”, indicating whether and how the code can be accessed, including any restrictions to access.
Given the complexity and the key role played by analysis software and the various tools used to manipulate the data sets, it's an interesting question as to whether this policy goes far enough, especially given such episodes as those highlighted in this article on the Reinhart-Rogoff blunder.
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