Better together: Elements of successful scientific software development in a distributed collaborative community

• Published in: PLoS computational biology Vol. 16; no. 5; p. e1007507
• Main Authors: Koehler Leman, Julia, Weitzner, Brian D., Renfrew, P. Douglas, Lewis, Steven M., Moretti, Rocco, Watkins, Andrew M., Mulligan, Vikram Khipple, Lyskov, Sergey, Adolf-Bryfogle, Jared, Labonte, Jason W., Krys, Justyna, Bystroff, Christopher, Schief, William, Gront, Dominik, Schueler-Furman, Ora, Baker, David, Bradley, Philip, Dunbrack, Roland, Kortemme, Tanja, Leaver-Fay, Andrew, Strauss, Charlie E. M., Meiler, Jens, Kuhlman, Brian, Gray, Jeffrey J., Bonneau, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 04.05.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biochemistry; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Biophysics; Cancer; Chemistry; Collaboration; community; Computational biology; Computational Biology - methods; Computer and Information Sciences; Computer applications; Computer programs; Computer science; Consortia; Cooperative Behavior; Data Analysis; Documentation; Engineering; Engineering and Technology; Gene Library; Humans; Immunology; Interdisciplinary research; Laboratories; Macromolecules; Maintainability; MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; Medical research; Methods; modeling; Models, Molecular; People and Places; Product development; protein structure; Proteins; Research - trends; Research Personnel; Review; Rosetta; Science Policy; Scientific software; Social aspects; Social Behavior; Software; Software - trends; Software development; Software development tools; Software engineering; Software packages; Suites (Software); Sustainability; User-Computer Interface; Version control; United States; Poland; New York; La Jolla California; United States > US; Nashville Tennessee; Baltimore Maryland

Many scientific disciplines rely on computational methods for data analysis, model generation, and prediction. Implementing these methods is often accomplished by researchers with domain expertise but without formal training in software engineering or computer science. This arrangement has led to un...