Table 1.

Assessment of code of 16 published articles.

Domain	Score	N
Are codes well annotated?	Extensive annotation such that one could substantially recreate the code using the annotations.	0
	Moderate annotation such that one could recreate of at least some code on the basis of the annotations.	2
	Little or no annotation.	14
Does the code avoid repetition?	Good use of loops and macros such that there is little or only trivial repeated code.	0
	Moderate amount of repeated code (about 10 lines or fewer).	0
	No use of loops or macros and extensive repetition of code (10 lines or more).	15
	Not applicable; no opportunity for repeated code.	1
Does the code include formatting for presentation?	Markup language or other techniques used to generate formatted output provided for all or almost all of a paper’s results.	3
	Markup language or other techniques used to generate formatted output need non-trivial amendment or many results not formatted.	5
	No formatted output.	8