Twelve quick tips for AI-assisted coding in science

Eric W. Bridgeford, Iain Declan Campbell, Zijiao Chen, Zhicheng Lin, Harrison Ritz, Joachim Vandekerckhove, Russell A. Poldrack

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014428
Published: 2026-07-27
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014428,
  title = {Twelve quick tips for AI-assisted coding in science},
  author = {Eric W. Bridgeford and Iain Declan Campbell and Zijiao Chen and Zhicheng Lin and Harrison Ritz and Joachim Vandekerckhove and Russell A. Poldrack},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS Computational Biology},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014428},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014428}
}

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TI  - Twelve quick tips for AI-assisted coding in science
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AU  - Iain Declan Campbell
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AU  - Joachim Vandekerckhove
AU  - Russell A. Poldrack
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Bridgeford, E. W., Campbell, I. D., Chen, Z., Lin, Z., Ritz, H., Vandekerckhove, J., & Poldrack, R. A. (2026). Twelve quick tips for AI-assisted coding in science. PLOS Computational Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014428

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