Reproducible Research is like riding a bike

Institute of New Imaging Technologies, Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, Castellón, Spain
Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technolog, Delft, The Netherlands
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.27216v1
Subject Areas
Data Science, Spatial and Geographic Information Systems
Keywords
Open science, GIScience, Reproducible conference publications, Open access, AGILE, Data science, Reproducible research
Copyright
© 2018 Granell et al.
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Cite this article
Granell C, Nüst D, Ostermann FO, Sileryte R. 2018. Reproducible Research is like riding a bike. PeerJ Preprints 6:e27216v1

Abstract

Reproducibility is a fundamental pillar in science but it has recently been described as hard and challenging to achieve, as stated in numerous editorials and papers, some of which alert on a “reproducibility crisis”. In this article we outline 1/ the approach taken to put Reproducible Research (RR) in the agenda of the GIScience community, 2/ first actions and initial lessons learned towards the discussion and adoption of RR principles and practices in the workflows and habits of researchers, and finally, we present 3/ our short-term strategy (two years) and specific actions to achieve the main goal of making RR an integral part of scientific workflows of the GIScience community.

Author Comment

This preprint submission is intended for the OGRS'2018 Collection

Supplemental Information

Figure 1: Actors ecosystem layered in hierarchical levels

DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.27216v1/supp-1

Figure 2: Actors ecosystem dragged by a community-level hub

DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.27216v1/supp-2