Ten Simple Rules for Reproducible Computational Research

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Sandve, Geir Kjetil ^a   Nekrutenko, Anton ^b   Taylor, James ^c   Hovig, Eivind ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCHES; SIMPLE++;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

CITATION ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPONSIBILITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84887264733     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003285     Document Type: Editorial

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