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SUMMARY:Characterizing the Usefulness of Code Review Comments in Scientifi
 c Software for Software Quality and Scientific Rigor
DESCRIPTION:Sharif Ahmed (University of Central Arkansas) and Nasir Eisty 
 (University of Tennessee)\n\n<em>Context:</em> Innovation thrives on scien
 tific software, with useful code review feedback enhancing its correctness
  and impact. However, unlike general-purpose commercial and open-source so
 ftware, the usefulness of code review feedback (<em>CR Comments</em>) in s
 cientific software remains largely unstudied. Objective: This paper aims t
 o characterize the usefulness of CR Comments in scientific open-source sof
 tware (Sci-OSS), leveraging existing research on useful <em>CR Comments</e
 m>. Method: To achieve this objective, we mine  successful Sci-OSS from Gi
 tHub, analyze their <em>CR Comments</em> with usefulness-related features,
  and compare the findings from prior research on general-purpose commercia
 l and open-source <em>CR Comments</em>. <em>Results</em>: The investigatio
 n on the usefulness of <em>CR Comments</em> in Sci-OSS confirms many chara
 cteristics that prior research identified in general-purpose software. For
  example, subjective or negative  <em>CR Comments</em> remain not useful f
 or the Sci-OSS. We also find CR Comments which receive negative emoji reac
 tions have a very small correlation with not useful <em>comments</em>, whe
 reas the positive emojis show mixed correlations.<br>Importantly, 6-33% <e
 m>CR Comments</em> in Sci-OSS are not useful in our mined repositories. <e
 m>Conclusions:</em> Our investigation into Sci-OSS extends findings from <
 em>CR Comments</em> usefulness research on general-purpose software, benef
 iting developers, scientists, and researchers in the Sci-OSS community.\n\
 nDomain: Computational Methods and Applied Mathematics\n\nSession Chair: J
 uan Antonio Fernández De la Garza (University of Bern)\n\n
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