“Reproducible” Research in Mathematical Sciences Requires Changes in our Peer Review Culture and Modernization of our Current Publication Approach
- 19 September 2018
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
- Vol. 80 (12), 3095-3105
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-018-0500-9
Abstract
The nature of scientific research in mathematical and computational biology allows editors and reviewers to evaluate the findings of a scientific paper. Replication of a research study should be the minimum standard for judging its scientific claims and considering it for publication. This requires changes in the current peer review practice and a strict adoption of a replication policy similar to those adopted in experimental fields such as organic synthesis. In the future, the culture of replication can be easily adopted by publishing papers through dynamic computational notebooks combining formatted text, equations, computer algebra and computer code.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R25 DK088752)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32 GM008322)
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