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Queries related to various software used in academia. Questions shall not address highly technical aspects of the software but shall address features/issues highly relevant to academia. For questions concerning computer code written or used in the context of a research project or other academic endeavour (including questions on licensing, ownership, sharing, distribution, and formatting of academic source code), use the `code` tag instead.

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How should I reference my Github repository with materials for my paper?

In previous papers, I've used something like (source code available at github.com/fomite/brilliantwork) when describing the software methods used. … That, plus the ability for me and other people to cite the repo directly (and thus be able to get some traditional citation metrics to show the impact of the software), is what I'll be doing in the future …
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Is it acceptable to require a student to use the supervisor's preferred software/tools?

I think it is useful to expose new students, even undergraduates, to the tools of the field. It's beneficial for them to know what some of this "looks like", it's easier for you to help them if they d …
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Are there opportunities to support cancer research through volunteer IT or software developm...

You may want to consider keeping an eye on Solvers.io - it's a new site that's trying to link up coders with scientists in need of help for bite-sized software development tasks. …
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How to organize repository of common research papers for lab members?

Papers has functionality similar to this with "Papers Livfe", which allows you to create an online collection of papers with their attendant PDFs etc. and publish it online. You can restrict access to …
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Software to use for creating posters for academic conferences?

Powerpoint. There are hundreds of PowerPoint poster templates available online, many of them are good, and it is one of the standard formats people accept — and can be exported to PDF for easy post-co …
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Should I write a paper on open-source software I've built?

But you should absolutely consider it - it's easier to give you credit for using your software if it's linked to a paper. …
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Popular proprietary program or obscure open source substitute for reproducible research?

Consider the following example of an infectious disease dynamics model, expressed as a system of ODEs: Here, in order to replicate (or fail to replicate) my findings, the software I used doesn't matter … If there is both an open, free and popular software package that's used (R for example) then great! - use that. …
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