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arxiv: 1311.2412 · v1 · pith:OEQFV7GNnew · submitted 2013-11-11 · 💻 cs.SE

PLOS/Mozilla Scientific Code Review Pilot: Summary of Findings

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PLOS and Mozilla conducted a month-long pilot study in which professional developers performed code reviews on software associated with papers published in PLOS Computational Biology. While the developers felt the reviews were limited by (a) lack of familiarity with the domain and (b) lack of two-way contact with authors, the scientists appreciated the reviews, and both sides were enthusiastic about repeating the experiment.

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