PREreviews of Implementing Code Review in the Scientific Workflow: Insights from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Implementing Code Review in the Scientific Workflow: Insights from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

by Edward Ivimey-Cook, Joel Pick, Kevin Bairos-Novak, Antica Culina, Elliot Gould, Matthew Grainger, Benjamin Marshall, David Moreau, Matthieu Paquet, Raphaël Royauté, Alfredo Sanchez-Tojar, Inês Silva, and Saras Windecker

Posted: May 16, 2023
Server: EcoEvoRxiv
DOI: 10.32942/x2cg64

Abstract

Code review increases reliability and improves reproducibility of research. As such, code review is an inevitable step in software development and is common in subjects such as computer science. However, despite its importance, code review is noticeably lacking in ecology and evolutionary biology. This is problematic as it facilitates the propagation of coding errors and a reduction in reproducibility of published results. To address this, we provide a detailed commentary on how to effectively review code, how to set up your project to enable this form of review and detail its possible implementation at several stages throughout the research process. This guide serves as a primer for code review, and adoption of the principles and advice here will go a long way in promoting more open, reliable, and transparent ecology and evolutionary biology.

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PREreview by Gracielle Higino et al. of Computational Biodiversity Science and Services

Authored by Gracielle Higino, Varina Crisfield, Mobina Gholamhosseini, Katherine Hébert, and Tanya Strydom of Computational Biodiversity Science and Services

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