Ten simple rules for good model-sharing practices

Ismael Kherroubi Garcia; Christopher Erdmann; Sandra Gesing; Michael Barton; Lauren Cadwallader; Geerten Hengeveld; Christine R. Kirkpatrick; Kathryn Knight; Carsten Lemmen; Rebecca Ringuette; Qing Zhan; Melissa Harrison; Feilim Mac Gabhann; Natalie Meyers; Cailean Osborne; Charlotte Till; Paul Brenner; Matt Buys; Min Chen; Allen Lee; Jason Papin; Yuhan Rao

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012702

Ten simple rules for good model-sharing practices

Ismael Kherroubi Garcia, Christopher Erdmann, Sandra Gesing, Michael Barton, Lauren Cadwallader, Geerten Hengeveld, Christine R. Kirkpatrick, Kathryn Knight, Carsten Lemmen, Rebecca Ringuette, Qing Zhan, Melissa Harrison, Feilim Mac Gabhann, Natalie Meyers, Cailean Osborne, Charlotte Till, Paul Brenner, Matt Buys, Min Chen, Allen LeeJason Papin, Yuhan Rao

Emerging Technologies, AI & Computing

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Abstract

Computational models are complex scientific constructs that : have become essential for us to better understand the world. Many models are valuable for peers within and beyond disciplinary boundaries. However, there are no widely agreed-upon standards for sharing models. This paper suggests 10 simple rules for you to both (i) ensure you share models in a way that is at least “good enough,” and (ii) enable others to lead the change towards better model-sharing practices.

Original language	English
Article number	e1012702
Journal	PLoS Computational Biology
Volume	21
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012702
State	Published - Jan 2025

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This research was supported in part by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation (Grant G-2022-19471 to MiBa, AL and MC). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Thank you to Kimberly Glass from the Channing Division of Network Medicine for bringing their \u201CData ID forms\u201D to our attention. And thank you to Stephen Griffies for comments on the draft.

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Garcia, I. K., Erdmann, C., Gesing, S., Barton, M., Cadwallader, L., Hengeveld, G., Kirkpatrick, C. R., Knight, K., Lemmen, C., Ringuette, R., Zhan, Q., Harrison, M., Gabhann, F. M., Meyers, N., Osborne, C., Till, C., Brenner, P., Buys, M., Chen, M., ... Rao, Y. (2025). Ten simple rules for good model-sharing practices. PLoS Computational Biology, 21(1), Article e1012702. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012702

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