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I would like to add to his suggestion of "encouraging authors to provide readers access to raw data". I think that journals should promote, or even require, that authors make the source code of any software used in their research available to readers. This is a unique way to validate computational results, which would foster discussions and provide a better understanding of models.
Originally posted as a Reader Response on 5th October 2007 Submitted by: Carlos Gershenson E-mail: carlos@necsi.org Occupation: Postdoctoral Fellow New England Complex Systems Institute and Vrije Universiteit Brussel
