为生物医学研究设计的软件影响评估:我们是否在衡量有意义的东西?
Awan Afiaz1,2, Andrey A Ivanov3, John Chamberlin4
1Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
ArXiv
|June 19, 2023
概括
科学软件开发人员认识到使用指标的价值,但面临时间和资金挑战. 像文档和社交媒体存在这样的基础设施与软件采用和影响的增加有关.
科学领域:
- 生物信息学是一种生物信息学.
- 计算生物学 计算生物学
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
背景情况:
- 软件对于生物学和医学的进步至关重要.
- 分析软件使用情况和影响指标有助于衡量用户参与度,并证明资金合理性.
- 由于指标扭曲和不同类型的软件,在准确评估软件影响方面存在挑战.
研究的目的:
- 探索评估科学软件影响和使用的挑战.
- 确定评估软件参与的有效策略和基础设施.
- 了解癌症研究信息技术 (ITCR) 社区如何评估软件.
主要方法:
- 对科学软件项目的参与者进行调查,特别是在ITCR计划中.
- 调查软件的使用情况和支持基础设施的实施情况.
- 分析基础设施和软件使用率之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- 开发人员承认使用数据的实用性,但缺乏时间和资金进行分析.
- 社交媒体,全面的文档和明确的联系信息等基础设施元素与更高的软件使用量有关.
- 尽管面临挑战,开发人员认识到需要更好的软件评估方法.
结论:
- 没有单一的衡量标准来评估软件的影响;上下文是关键.
- 实施支持性基础设施可以提高软件的可见性和采用.
- 解决时间和资金限制对于使科学界能够进行强大的软件影响评估至关重要.
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