Explore trends in key aspects to the FAIRness of research software.
collections
Select a collection below to view the trends of the software associated to a specific project/organization
Licensing
Licensing is one of the most crucial features of a piece of software, determining both its Accessibility and Reusability.
Versioning
Following a specific set of rules for naming software releases allows its inequivocal identification, which increases its Findability, Reusability and guarantees the Reproducibility of research results.
Instances using semantics versionings
Repositories and Version Control
Making software available through any of the main software repositories makes it more Findable and Accessible.
Version control offers a standardized record of source code changes, making it easier to be Reused.
Number of instances in four widely used platforms for software distribution and development
Publications
Publications of software in the form of research papers generally
offer a careful description of the software, often including domain of
application and usage, contributing to its
Findability.
A publication can serve as the reference to credit authors of a
software and is the most common way to cite software in research
publications.
Percentage (top) and impact factor (bottom) of publications devoted to software in the top publishers of software in the Life Sciences.