10.5281/zenodo.3378572
https://zenodo.org/records/3378572
oai:zenodo.org:3378572
Akhmerov, Anton
Anton
Akhmerov
0000-0001-8031-1340
Delft University of Technology
Cruz, Maria
Maria
Cruz
0000-0001-9111-182X
VU Amsterdam
Drost, Niels
Niels
Drost
0000-0001-9795-7981
Netherlands eScience Center
Hof, Cees
Cees
Hof
0000-0001-9624-2431
DANS
Knapen, Tomas
Tomas
Knapen
0000-0001-5863-8689
VU Amsterdam
Kuzak, Mateusz
Mateusz
Kuzak
0000-0003-0087-6021
Dutch Techcentre for Life Sciences
Martinez-Ortiz, Carlos
Carlos
Martinez-Ortiz
0000-0001-5565-7577
Netherlands eScience Center
Turkyilmaz-van der Velden, Yasemin
Yasemin
Turkyilmaz-van der Velden
0000-0003-2562-0452
Delft University of Technology
van Werkhoven, Ben
Ben
van Werkhoven
0000-0002-7508-3272
Netherlands eScience Center
Raising the Profile of Research Software
Zenodo
2019
Research Software
Data stewardship
2019-08-27
eng
Working paper
10.5281/zenodo.3378571
https://zenodo.org/communities/nlesc
1.0.0
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Research software is fundamental to contemporary research, yet it does not receive the recognition it rightfully deserves. This needs to change, particularly in the context of the discussions around open science and reproducibility. We argue that if open science is to truly lead towards better, more transparent, and reproducible research, then research software needs to be treated in equal footing to research data and publications at the policy level.
In this paper, we present a concrete followup to the DORA declaration in the form of recommendations for raising the profile of research software. We divide our recommendations into four categories: Software availability and quality, Software sustainability, Training, and Human capital.
These recommendations provide steps for achieving recognition for research software as a fundamental and vital component of research.