@article{Jiménez2017, abstract = {Scientific research relies on computer software, yet software is not always developed following practices that ensure its quality and sustainability. This manuscript does not aim to propose new software development best practices, but rather to provide simple recommendations that encourage the adoption of existing best practices. Software development best practices promote better quality software, and better quality software improves the reproducibility and reusability of research. These recommendations are designed around Open Source values, and provide practical suggestions that contribute to making research software and its source code more discoverable, reusable and transparent. This manuscript is aimed at developers, but also at organisations, projects, journals and funders that can increase the quality and sustainability of research software by encouraging the adoption of these recommendations.}, author = {Jiménez, Rafael C. and Kuzak, Mateusz and Alhamdoosh, Monther and Barker, Michelle and Batut, Bérénice and Borg, Mikael and Capella-Gutierrez, Salvador and Chue Hong, Neil and Cook, Martin and Corpas, Manuel and Flannery, Madison and Garcia, Leyla and Gelpí, Josep L.-L. and Gladman, Simon and Goble, Carole and González Ferreiro, Montserrat and Gonzalez-Beltran, Alejandra and Griffin, Philippa C. and Grüning, Björn and Hagberg, Jonas and Holub, Petr and Hooft, Rob and Ison, Jon and Katz, Daniel S. and Leskošek, Brane and López Gómez, Federico and Oliveira, Luis J. and Mellor, David and Mosbergen, Rowland and Mulder, Nicola and Perez-Riverol, Yasset and Pergl, Robert and Pichler, Horst and Pope, Bernard and Sanz, Ferran and Schneider, Maria V. and Stodden, Victoria and Suchecki, Radosław and Svobodová Vařeková, Radka and Talvik, Harry-Anton and Todorov, Ilian and Treloar, Andrew and Tyagi, Sonika and van Gompel, Maarten and Vaughan, Daniel and Via, Allegra and Wang, Xiaochuan and Watson-Haigh, Nathan S. and Crouch, Steve}, doi = {10.12688/f1000research.11407.1}, journal = {F1000Research}, month = {jun}, pages = {876}, title = {Four simple recommendations to encourage best practices in research software}, url = {https://f1000research.com/articles/6-876/v1/pdf}, volume = {6}, year = {2017} }