The RERITE Working Group is pleased to announce the Reproducible Research Prize 2026, hosted at the hEART Conference 2026 in Paris. This prize recognizes short papers (2,000–3,000 words) that have been accepted for presentation at hEART 2026 and submit reproducible data, code, and/or models to the RERITE Working Group.
Our goal is to promote transparent, reproducible research in transportation and to encourage authors to share materials in a structured, reusable way.
The RERITE Working Group will evaluate the completeness and quality of the files submitted, as described by the Structured Reproducibility Levels (SRL 3–5) (Riehl, Kouvelas, & Makridis, 2025):
| Level | What the repository includes |
|---|---|
| SRL 3 | Files and basic documentation (README) describing contents. |
| SRL 4 | Files and good, reader-friendly documentation: describes contents and includes installation / execution instructions. |
| SRL 5 | Code, data, and models (if applicable) plus extensive, reader-friendly documentation, examples from the original work (setup, figures, dynamic plots), and licensing info. |
Submissions with SRL ≥ 3 that can actually reproduce the results are eligible for the prize. Higher SRLs and higher quality of the files will receive greater recognition.
We understand that some datasets cannot be publicly shared due to privacy or legal restrictions. Such submissions remain eligible if authors provide:
The conference paper is eligible for the Reproducible Research Prize. The code and data associated with this work are available at [repository link]. The repository is prepared at [SRL X].
Some datasets cannot be publicly shared due to [privacy / legal / proprietary] restrictions. Therefore, [synthetic / anonymized] example datasets are provided to reproduce the methodology.