Analysis of publisher policies on code sharing

At the 19th Research Data Alliance Plenary (June 2022), a Birds of a Feather session was convened to discuss aspects of code sharing and investigate if there was a consensus on which aspect of code sharing the community should be a focus of attention. The group, which included publishers, institutions, researchers and infrastructure providers, agreed to focus on "code" (i.e., "single use" or "one-shot", often referred to as "analysis code") that usually accompanies published articles and increasing the availability of this code. Note that this refers to a specific context in which "source code" is created and not "code" more generally. Following this session, a Research Software Alliance task force on code availability was convened and three group members carried out a high level landscape analysis of publisher policies around code sharing using the CHORUS Publisher Data Availability Policies Index to gather a list of publishers. After feedback from other group members a more comprehensive analysis of the policies was carried out. Publisher policies were assessed for the presence of language related to code sharing and, if present, it was subsequently characterised. Coding of the policies and associated language was carried out independently by all three authors and a consensus derived. Details are given on the README tab of the dataset.2022年6月举办的第19届研究数据联盟（Research Data Alliance, RDA）全体会议上，主办方召集了一场同好交流小组会议（Birds of a Feather session），围绕代码共享的多个维度展开讨论，并旨在调研科研社区是否就代码共享的核心关注方向达成共识。该参会小组涵盖出版商、科研机构、研究人员与基础设施服务商，最终确定将聚焦于随已发表论文一同发布的"代码"——即通常被称为"分析代码"的"单次使用"或"一次性"代码——并提升此类代码的可获取性。请注意，此处所指的是特定场景下生成的"源代码"，而非广义层面的"代码"。本次同好交流会议结束后，研究软件联盟（Research Software Alliance）组建了代码可用性专项工作组，由3名小组成员依托CHORUS出版商数据可用性政策索引（CHORUS Publisher Data Availability Policies Index）收集出版商名录，并围绕代码共享相关的出版商政策开展高层次全景分析。在接收其他小组成员的反馈意见后，团队针对相关政策开展了更为全面的分析。团队对各出版商政策中是否包含与代码共享相关的表述进行了评估，若存在此类表述则进一步对其进行特征刻画。3名作者均独立完成了政策及相关表述的编码工作，并最终达成共识。本数据集的详细信息可参见其README标签页。