Sharing data and code facilitates reproducible and impactful research

Jack W. Baker; Helen Crowley; David Wald; Ellen Rathje; Siu Kui Au; Brendon A. Bradley; Henry Burton; Ashly Cabas; Serena Cattari; Carlo Cauzzi; Francesco Cavalieri; Santina Contreras; Rodrigo Costa; Ronald T. Eguchi; David Lallemant; Dimitrios G. Lignos; Brett W. Maurer; Carlos Molina Hutt; Anastasios Sextos; Emel Seyhan; Vitor Silva; Haluk Sucuoğlu; Ertugrul Taciroglu; Eric M. Thompson

doi:10.1177/87552930241259397

Sharing data and code facilitates reproducible and impactful research

Jack W. Baker^*, Helen Crowley, David Wald, Ellen Rathje, Siu Kui Au, Brendon A. Bradley, Henry Burton, Ashly Cabas, Serena Cattari, Carlo Cauzzi, Francesco Cavalieri, Santina Contreras, Rodrigo Costa, Ronald T. Eguchi, David Lallemant, Dimitrios G. Lignos, Brett W. Maurer, Carlos Molina Hutt, Anastasios Sextos, Emel SeyhanVitor Silva, Haluk Sucuoğlu, Ertugrul Taciroglu, Eric M. Thompson

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Abstract

Modern research often involves the collection or analysis of data and the use of specialized computer algorithms. Traditional text articles thus provide only partial documentation of a research study. Readers have limited ability to reproduce or utilize work if the source data are not available or if it relies on an algorithm that is described, but code is not provided. Fortunately, a wide variety of tools are now available to support the publication of research data and code. The effort required to publish data is now relatively small, and the benefits can be immense. This opinion article discusses trends toward increased sharing in academic publishing. It describes opportunities and resources to support data and code sharing and describes the benefits for both authors and readers. Finally, it discusses how Earthquake Spectra is providing resources and enhancing its policies to establish the sharing of data as the default procedure when publishing in the journal, and encourage the sharing of code and other resources.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2210-2218
Number of pages	9
Journal	Earthquake Spectra
Volume	40
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930241259397
Publication status	Published - Aug 2024
Externally published	Yes

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Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Geophysics

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data availability
open code
Open data
publishing trends
repository

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Baker, J. W., Crowley, H., Wald, D., Rathje, E., Au, S. K., Bradley, B. A., Burton, H., Cabas, A., Cattari, S., Cauzzi, C., Cavalieri, F., Contreras, S., Costa, R., Eguchi, R. T., Lallemant, D., Lignos, D. G., Maurer, B. W., Molina Hutt, C., Sextos, A., ... Thompson, E. M. (2024). Sharing data and code facilitates reproducible and impactful research. Earthquake Spectra, 40(3), 2210-2218. https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930241259397

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