Project overview
This project aims to deepen understanding of the research ecosystem by exploring how research software underpins academic publications and examining the communities that drive and support this research. It seeks to elevate research software to the status of a first-class citizen in the academic ecosystem, alongside traditional scholarly outputs. Achieving this goal requires building on the efforts of the Software Sustainability Institute and transforming the current practices of reviewing research software and associated publications into standard norms across academia.
In order to investigate this we are retroactivity capturing provenance of writing of academic research papers and the development of research software available through online services like Scopus and GitHub.
Working alongside the Southampton Public Policy, this project will investigate how provenance-based tools can enable research software to be recognised within the REF framework by linking it to publications and datasets, providing new metrics to evaluate academic and institutional impact. The provenance generated by this work will provide metadata about the research ecosystem and offer insights into various practices including open-access and research collaboration. It also fosters proper research software citation practices. Furthermore, the provenance data offers insights into software's role in driving scientific discovery, informing policies on funding, openness, and innovation.
In order to investigate this we are retroactivity capturing provenance of writing of academic research papers and the development of research software available through online services like Scopus and GitHub.
Working alongside the Southampton Public Policy, this project will investigate how provenance-based tools can enable research software to be recognised within the REF framework by linking it to publications and datasets, providing new metrics to evaluate academic and institutional impact. The provenance generated by this work will provide metadata about the research ecosystem and offer insights into various practices including open-access and research collaboration. It also fosters proper research software citation practices. Furthermore, the provenance data offers insights into software's role in driving scientific discovery, informing policies on funding, openness, and innovation.