 He was one of the first scientists to emphasize that computational methods threaten the reproducibility of research unless open access is provided to both the data and the software underlying a publication.Claerbout's books have been among the most read and cited in geophysical research, especially "Fundamentals of Geophysical Data Processing" and "Imaging the Earth's Interior", which have been translated into Chinese and Russian among other languages.He has since made all his books available for free download from his website.