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Institutional Policy Pathways for Supporting Research Software: Global Trends and Local Practices

Journal of Open Research Software
Volume 13 (2025): Issue 1
By: Michelle Barker,  Jeremy Cohen,  Pedro Hernández Serrano,  Daniel S. Katz,  Kim Martin,  Dan Rudmann and  Hugh Shanahan  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.625 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647
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Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 30, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 16, 2025
Published on: Dec 18, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
research software,
university,
policy

© 2025 Michelle Barker, Jeremy Cohen, Pedro Hernández Serrano, Daniel S. Katz, Kim Martin, Dan Rudmann, Hugh Shanahan, published by Ubiquity Press
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