7  Discussion

7.1 Structural barriers

  • Funders and journals don’t encourage/enforce it
  • Universities/PIs don’t budget time and resources for it
  • Reviewers sometimes being discouraged by editors in code checking
  • Structural barriers in NON–WEIRD countries: no financial resources to attend courses → self-taught how to program; English is not a mother language —> self-taught (tutorials are usually in English)

7.2 Social barriers

  • Fear of judgment

7.3 How to set up a code check club