Merge pull request #152 from DE-RSE/remove-footnotes-for-plos

Remove footnotes for PLOS

Author: knarrff

paper.tex

@@ -249,13 +249,13 @@ \subsection*{Pooling: an already tested idea}
 
 \subsubsection*{Research data management}
 Both data and software play a fundamental role in almost all of research.
-Over the past decades, Research Data Management (RDM) has evolved into a topic of national interest with NFDI\footnote{Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur: the national research data infrastructure in Germany} consortia for all disciplines and a research data law.
-Federal state RDM initiatives\footnote{\url{https://forschungsdaten.info/fdm-im-deutschsprachigen-raum/deutschland/}} have established the topic further and provide regional training, networking and other supporting services.
+Over the past decades, Research Data Management (RDM) has evolved into a topic of national interest with NFDI (Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur, the national research data infrastructure in Germany) consortia for all disciplines and a research data law.
+Federal state RDM initiatives have established the topic further and provide regional training, networking and other supporting services.
 Many research organisations have set up established central RDM groups that support research projects in all aspects from grant proposals to hands-on support and maintaining Data Management Plans (DMPs).
 Funding agencies acknowledge the importance of research data and have started to make RDM mandatory in research projects.
 
 The most recent funding guidelines suggest to have “data stewards” in data-driven research.
-Such experts are to be employed in advanced research projects like “Collaborative Research Centres” (CRC)\footnote{Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB)} or “Clusters of Excellence”\footnote{Cluster der Exzellenzinitiative}.
+Such experts are to be employed in advanced research projects like the DFG funding lines “Collaborative Research Centres” (Sonderforschungsbereich) or “Clusters of Excellence”.
 These data experts support research projects in several aspects including DMPs, grant applications, data availability for journal publications, compliance, FAIRification and more.
 Similarly, central RSEs will encourage other RSEs to publish software with rich metadata and will support journal publications with code submission requirements.
 With the increasing recognition of software as a research product, it is easy to see how projects will require and benefit from support in research software management in the near future.
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ \subsection*{External expectations}
  and the German Research Council~\cite{dfg_gsp}.
 
 Another development taking place worldwide is the encouragement of authors to submit both, data and software, for peer review.
-As an example, the journal “Nature” initiated such a policy\footnote{\url{https://www.nature.com/nature-portfolio/editorial-policies/reporting-standards}} in 2018~\cite{Nature2018}.
+As an example, the journal “Nature” initiated such a policy in 2018~\cite{Nature2018}.
 RSE groups are able to offer researchers consulting tailored to their specific needs on how to implement and document those policies.
 This is especially relevant in the context of reproducibility of software-based research.
 
@@ -628,14 +628,14 @@ \subsubsection*{Initial Measures}
 Forming a network of RSEs localised at an institution can be initiated by any existing RSE individual or group that is preferably already in contact with other RSEs at the institution.
 An institutional dedicated mailing list, chat group, and possibly other communication platforms can be created and a request for participation can be circulated via institutional channels such as an employee newsletter.
 First common events such as social gatherings or RSE-related seminar talks can be organised and announced via the communication platform.
-If the initiative is geographically local, this process can be accompanied, facilitated and strengthened by founding a local de-RSE chapter\footnote{A list of existing chapters: \url{https://de-rse.org/chapter/}.}.
+If the initiative is geographically local, this process can be accompanied, facilitated and strengthened by founding a local de-RSE chapter (list of existing chapters: \url{https://de-rse.org/chapter/}).
 Such network-building has been successfully initiated and implemented at several German research institutions such as the German Aerospace Center and the Forchungszentrum Jülich.
 
 \paragraph{Pooling of existing teaching materials and training offers}
 Depending on local RSE efforts, teaching materials and associated training formats are likely to already exist, distributed over individual institutional groups.
 With the established network, the materials can be pooled and joint training can be offered to a wider institutional audience.
-This step can be facilitated and formalised by offering introductory courses with a recognised curriculum as provided by The Carpentries\footnote{Carpentry examples: \url{https://software-carpentry.org/lessons/}}
-or CodeRefinery\footnote{CodeRefinery examples: \url{https://coderefinery.org/lessons/}}.
+This step can be facilitated and formalised by offering introductory courses with a recognised curriculum as provided by The Carpentries (see e.g. \url{https://software-carpentry.org/lessons/})
+or CodeRefinery (see e.g. \url{https://coderefinery.org/lessons/}).
 
 \subsubsection*{Developing a Business Plan}
 Decision processes at institutions usually require a business plan on which to base the decision on whether to establish an RSE unit.