Blogs from the Outercurve Foundation - Better Academic Research through Open Source Collaboration, a guest post by Ross Gardler

" ... Reproducibility of scientific research is a fundamental part of publication. In this post I argue that open source software not only provides a way of ensuring reproducibility in many research projects but it also allows researchers to accelerate the research process through a collaborative sharing and development of research software. I will also begin to look at how researchers can engage with open source without compromising their position as leaders in their field..."