论文标题
必须将软件视为学术研究的重要输出
Software must be recognised as an important output of scholarly research
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论文摘要
现在的软件是学术研究的核心。在这里，我们认为，从方法论的角度来看，在许多情况下，软件也应被视为研究的输出，等同于学术论文。本文讨论了软件在研究中可能扮演的不同角色，并突出了软件与研究可持续性与可重复性之间的关系。它描述了与引用和审查软件的过程相关的挑战，这些挑战与论文使用的软件不同。我们得出的结论是，尽管软件输出不一定舒适地符合当前出版物模型，但仍在进行大量积极的工作，这可能会影响解决此问题。
Software now lies at the heart of scholarly research. Here we argue that as well as being important from a methodological perspective, software should, in many instances, be recognised as an output of research, equivalent to an academic paper. The article discusses the different roles that software may play in research and highlights the relationship between software and research sustainability and reproducibility. It describes the challenges associated with the processes of citing and reviewing software, which differ from those used for papers. We conclude that whilst software outputs do not necessarily fit comfortably within the current publication model, there is a great deal of positive work underway that is likely to make an impact in addressing this.
