Cohen et al. - 2020 - The Four Pillars of Research Software Engineering

DOI: 10.1109/MS.2020.2973362

This looks really useful - it wraps together the state of RSEs today, justifications for why they are important, and different angles that the issue should be approached from.

“For open-source software, putting code where everyone can see and comment on it can help to gain valuable feedback and even develop new collaborations that can lead to better tested, better quality output”