August 25, 2025Open Access

Epiverse community engagement and software sustainability for research software

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Maintaining research software is challenging due to existing funding and incentive structures within academia.
A focus on community engagement can improve software sustainability and longevity in research settings.
This analysis highlights the critical role of community involvement in supporting research software development.
Calls for new models of funding and collaboration to enhance sustainability and community support for research software.

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Observational analysis reveals challenges of software sustainability in academia, highlighting community engagement's role.

Software that is developed for research or by researchers can be difficult to maintain given the incentive and funding structures in academia.

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Joshua W. Lambert (2025) studied this question.

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Observational analysis reveals challenges of software sustainability in academia, highlighting community engagement's role.

Software that is developed for research or by researchers can be difficult to maintain given the incentive and funding structures in academia.