title: Elevating The Status of Code in Ecology.
abstract: Code is increasingly central to ecological research but often remains unpublished and insufficiently recognized. Making code available allows analyses to be more easily reproduced and can facilitate research by other scientists. We evaluate journal handling of code, discuss barriers to its publication, and suggest approaches for promoting and archiving code.
authors.affiliation: School of Oceanography, University of Washington, 1503 NE Boat Street, Seattle, WA 98105, USA; eScience Institute, University of Washington, 3910 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: kas.mislan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: K A S
authors.initials: KAS
authors.lastname: Mislan
authors.affiliation: Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Washington, 185 Stevens Way, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Heer
authors.affiliation: Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, 110 Newins-Ziegler Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; Informatics Institute, University of Florida, 230 Newell Dr Griffon-Floyd Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
authors.forename: Ethan P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D004463:Ecology; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011381:Programming Languages; D058028:Research Report; D012984:Software
keywords: data; publish; reproducibility; software