Openly accessible programming code can make your research work easier. It ensures that you receive appropriate recognition for your work and generally improves the reproducibility of research because it allows to understand and review the work of other researchers. A new section has now been added to the ZBW’s Open Economics Guide, which provides practical tips to help you get started with Open Code. Here you can find out how you can go about creating and publishing Open Code yourself or how you can easily reuse the Open Code of others.
Open Code makes source code written for research such as data analyses, statistical models and simulations accessible to others. If it is provided with an appropriate Open Source licence, it is reusable and allows third parties to access, view, use, modify and redistribute it for various purposes without restrictions.
Through its accessibility, Open Code promotes transparency and the exchange of knowledge in science. It recognises the achievements of researchers and enables in-depth understanding and critical review of methods and results. This openness strengthens the reproducibility of research work by facilitating the verification and further development of existing findings. For this reason, the accessibility of code is also increasingly being demanded by journals. In addition, Open Code promotes collaborative research and minimises redundant efforts in the research community.
The new content:
In the Open Economics Guide, you can now find out about searching, creating and publishing Open Code! The new section allows you to ask in-depth questions about these areas, among others:
- How to recognise Open Code
- What the first steps with Open Code can look like
- What a search strategy for Open Code can look like
- How to reuse Open Code
- How to cite Open Code
- How to create Open Code yourself
- How to publish Open Code under a suitable licence
Following introductions to Open Science, Open Access, Open Data and Open Educational Resources, the new topic area is the fifth thematic focus of the ZBW’s Open Economics Guide. The platform also offers an extensive and constantly growing catalogue of free Open Science tools and an event calendar. You can also subscribe to a regular newsletter.
Get started now and find out about background information, tips and tools on Open Code in the Open Economics Guide!