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Thoughts on the growing expectation for researchers to publish underlying co...
Research Idea
More journals encourage or mandate code release upon publication. Open‑source code improves reproducibility, yet maintaining public code brings extra labour and support burden. How should researchers balance these competing considerations?
Fang Fang, Ethan Cook and 28 others4 Comments-
Even minimal runnable code is far better than no code release at all.
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Set realistic expectations: you are not obligated to provide long‑term user support.
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Add clear readme stating known limitations and expected usage scope.
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Short‑term archival code release satisfies reproducibility without ongoing maintenance pressure.
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