> The paper itself is enough to reproduce all the results. I've heard this claim so many times, from many an author who had their brain so deep in the problem

> The paper itself is enough to reproduce all the results. I've heard this claim so many times, from many an author who had their brain so deep in the problem they were working on that they were 100% incapable of properly gauging the validity of this claim. To verify that what you claim is true, wait two years to give your brain time to flush the context, pick your research paper up (and nothing else that wasn't made available to others) and try to reproduce the results on a brand new computer without any of the environment your developed your research with. See how much blood you end up sweating. PLEASE publish your research code. Don't worry about it being disgusting and hackish, it's research code, so by definition, no one expects it to be industrial strength. Don't spend time cleaning it up either, your time is better spent on doing more research. If you feel responsibility towards the community: - put a huge disclaimer at the start of the README explaining what a mess the whole thing is *because* it's research code. - if your really must: list requirements and provide a build.sh