Shining Light into Black Boxes. Morin, A., Urban, J., Adams, P. D., Foster, I., Sali, A., Baker, D., & Sliz, P. 336(6078):159–160.
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The publication and open exchange of knowledge and material form the backbone of scientific progress and reproducibility and are obligatory for publicly funded research. Despite increasing reliance on computing in every domain of scientific endeavor, the computer source code critical to understanding and evaluating computer programs is commonly withheld, effectively rendering these programs ” black boxes” in the research work flow. Exempting from basic publication and disclosure standards such a ubiquitous category of research tool carries substantial negative consequences. Eliminating this disparity will require concerted policy action by funding agencies and journal publishers, as well as changes in the way research institutions receiving public funds manage their intellectual property (IP).
@article{morinShiningLightBlack2012,
  title = {Shining Light into Black Boxes},
  author = {Morin, A. and Urban, J. and Adams, P. D. and Foster, I. and Sali, A. and Baker, D. and Sliz, P.},
  date = {2012-04},
  journaltitle = {Science},
  volume = {336},
  pages = {159--160},
  issn = {1095-9203},
  doi = {10.1126/science.1218263},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1218263},
  abstract = {The publication and open exchange of knowledge and material form the backbone of scientific progress and reproducibility and are obligatory for publicly funded research. Despite increasing reliance on computing in every domain of scientific endeavor, the computer source code critical to understanding and evaluating computer programs is commonly withheld, effectively rendering these programs ” black boxes” in the research work flow. Exempting from basic publication and disclosure standards such a ubiquitous category of research tool carries substantial negative consequences. Eliminating this disparity will require concerted policy action by funding agencies and journal publishers, as well as changes in the way research institutions receiving public funds manage their intellectual property (IP).},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-10561432,free-scientific-knowledge,free-scientific-software,open-access,open-science,reproducible-research},
  number = {6078}
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