Editorial · CASRAI · Reproducibility and computational research
Sharing protocols and methods: protocols.io, STAR Methods and reproducibility
The compressed methods section is a chronic threat to reproducibility: the steps that actually make an experiment work are often the ones omitted for space. A new generation of platforms treats the protocol as a first-class, versioned and citable research output. This article looks at protocols.io, STAR Methods from Cell Press and Bio-protocol, explains why DOIs for protocols matter, and how detailed, shareable methods support reproducible science.
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