Question 1

Who are the top researchers at The Carpentries?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Erin Becker, Belinda Weaver and T. Mark Hodges lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Carpentries.

Question 2

What are the most cited papers from The Carpentries?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from The Carpentries is "Community Organizations: Changing the Culture in Which Research Software Is Developed and Sustained" (Daniel S. Katz, Lois Curfman McInnes, David E. Bernholdt et al., 2018), with 48 citations. Next come "CyVerse: Cyberinfrastructure for open science" (39) and "Making Common Fund data more findable: catalyzing a data ecosystem" (27).

Question 3

Which research topics does The Carpentries publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, Echinoderm biology and ecology, American Environmental and Regional History and Research Data Management Practices.

Question 4

Which keywords describe research at The Carpentries?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maritime Archaeology, Mediterranean, Sustainability, Education, Bioinformatics, Environmental Impact, Workflow Management and Reproducibility.

Question 5

Which fields of science does The Carpentries work in?

Accepted Answer

In all years, 44% of research at The Carpentries is in Social Sciences, 41% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (24%), Computer Science (16%), Engineering (15%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 6

Is The Carpentries's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 78% lower than in 2018-2021.

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