> Besides, many scientists look at code as a competitive advantage so in this case publishing the code will be removing the competitive advantage. One of my mo

> Besides, many scientists look at code as a competitive advantage so in this case publishing the code will be removing the competitive advantage. One of my most cited papers is a relatively uninteresting one we wrote for a conference competition. But we have code so it is easy to compare your alternative approach to us. That means citations. So it can work for your benefit as well.