Reproducible research and electronic notebooks

Reproducibility of research is an increasing concern as researchers move from print to a hybrid print/electronic to a totally electronic research project. In addition, research in many disciplines rely on large datasets, i.e. Big Data. Funding agencies have responded to this concern by addressing the 2013 White House OSTP mandate that ensures publications and data resulting from research projects they fund are freely available to other researchers and to the public. The funding agencies are also requesting data management plans. They realize that research projects must be adequately managed so, in addition to being freely available, the research is reproducible and the data can be repurposed.