This a thousand times over. Academic code will take every shortcut and simplification possible. Hardcoded values, globals, no modularity, no error checking, shared-everything architecture assumptions, single-letter variables with mixed naming convention, anything to get the job done.
Once the paper is written, the data analyzed, the project is done. There is no such thing as "maintainability" because the code isn't used past publication.
Once the paper is written, the data analyzed, the project is done. There is no such thing as "maintainability" because the code isn't used past publication.