Research Code Sharing in Support of Gold Standard Science

Sharing research code in an open access version-controlled repository offers significant benefits for both science as a whole and for individual researchers. In this article, we focus on this practice, which is fully aligned with the NIH's Gold Standard Science (GSS) program as well as FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) and TRUST (transparency, responsibility, user focus, sustainability, technology) principles. Gold Standard Science supports open science by emphasizing transparency, reproducibility, and the use of best practices that enable others to verify and extend research. Pairing a research article's cited data snapshot with a versioned, environment-specific code release, deposited in a companion code repository, ensures that, upon submission to a medical journal, readers and reviewers can directly verify results. An executable and updatable companion code repository complements, rather than replaces, established research data repositories. When code underlying medical research results is made openly available, then other scientists can inspect, run, and validate analyses. These activities enhance reproducibility, which is a core aim of GSS. Shared code also facilitates collaborative innovation by allowing researchers to extend the utility of the code to new datasets and applications. For researchers, code sharing can increase visibility, credibility, and citation impact. Demonstrating transparency through shared executable and updatable code builds trust with journal readers, peer reviewers, funders, and peers. Shared code in an open access repository signals adherence to high standards of scientific integrity and attracts opportunities for collaboration. A researcher who shares code receives recognition as a leader in reproducible, trustworthy research consistent with NIH's GSS principles.

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Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
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2026-01-14
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https://doi.org/10.1177/19322968251391819
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Research Data Management Practices
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Research Code Sharing in Support of Gold Standard Science

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Research Code Sharing in Support of Gold Standard Science

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Abstract

Sharing research code in an open access version-controlled repository offers significant benefits for both science as a whole and for individual researchers. In this article, we focus on this practice, which is fully aligned with the NIH's Gold Standard Science (GSS) program as well as FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) and TRUST (transparency, responsibility, user focus, sustainability, technology) principles. Gold Standard Science supports open science by emphasizing transparency, reproducibility, and the use of best practices that enable others to verify and extend research. Pairing a research article's cited data snapshot with a versioned, environment-specific code release, deposited in a companion code repository, ensures that, upon submission to a medical journal, readers and reviewers can directly verify results. An executable and updatable companion code repository complements, rather than replaces, established research data repositories. When code underlying medical research results is made openly available, then other scientists can inspect, run, and validate analyses. These activities enhance reproducibility, which is a core aim of GSS. Shared code also facilitates collaborative innovation by allowing researchers to extend the utility of the code to new datasets and applications. For researchers, code sharing can increase visibility, credibility, and citation impact. Demonstrating transparency through shared executable and updatable code builds trust with journal readers, peer reviewers, funders, and peers. Shared code in an open access repository signals adherence to high standards of scientific integrity and attracts opportunities for collaboration. A researcher who shares code receives recognition as a leader in reproducible, trustworthy research consistent with NIH's GSS principles.

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
Northwestern University (US), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US), Sutter Health (US), University of Southern California (US), University of Copenhagen (DK), University of Iowa (US), University of Maryland, Baltimore (US), Boston Children's Hospital (US), Google (United States) (US), Lurie Children's Hospital (US), Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (US), Oregon State University (US), EngenderHealth (US), Steno Diabetes Centers (DK), LAC+USC Medical Center (US), Berkeley College (US), Harvard University (US), University of Padua (IT), Johns Hopkins University (US), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US), Emory University (US), University of California, Los Angeles (US), William & Mary (US), Oregon Health & Science University (US), The University of Melbourne (AU), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (US), University of California, San Francisco (US), Illinois Institute of Technology (US), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN), University of Canterbury (NZ), Harper College (US), Medical University of Graz (AT), University of California, Irvine (US), Washington University in St. Louis (US), Singapore General Hospital (SG), Universitat de Girona (ES), University of Pavia (IT), Tellabs (Canada) (CA), Brown University (US), Singapore National Eye Center (SG), Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (GB), Suburban Hospital (US), German Diabetes Center Mergentheim (DE), Johns Hopkins Medicine (US), Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US), Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB), Haukeland University Hospital (NO), Heritage Preservation (US), Third Way (US), King Saud University (SA), University of California System (US), Grand Canyon University (US), University of Alabama at Birmingham (US), The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (AU), Australian Diabetes Society (AU), Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (IT), Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (IN), Los Angeles Medical Center (US), Kangbuk Samsung Hospital (KR), Forschungsinstitut der Diabetes Akademie Mergentheim (DE), Stanford Health Care (US), Centre for Eye Research Australia (AU), Singapore Eye Research Institute (SG), Health Foundation (GB), Mills Peninsula Health Services (US), Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US), Lurie Children's Hospital (US), Apex Medical Technologies (United States) (US), Close Concerns (United States) (US), Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre (IN), System Biosciences (United States) (US), Santa Cruz County Office of Education (US), Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (QA), Diabetes Technology Society (US), Ready Mixed Concrete Research and Education Foundation (US), VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (US), University of Bergen (NO), Addis Ababa University (ET), Imperial College London (GB), Southwestern Law School (US), University of Virginia (US), Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US), University of Nebraska Medical Center (US), The University of Tokyo (JP), University of Pennsylvania (US), Sungkyunkwan University (KR), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (BR), Aalborg University (DK), Texas A&M University (US), University of Bamberg (DE), University of California, Berkeley (US), Stanford University (US), Tsinghua University (CN)
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