[sage-devel] Journal of Open Source Software

[Daniel S. Katz]

Hi,

I was looking for a reviewer for a math software submission to the Journal
of Open Source Software (JOSS), and one of the potential reviewers I
contacted suggested I write to this group about the journal in an effort to
find more potential reviewers for such software.

I did find a reviewer for the submission I'm editing, so there's no
immediate need for anyone to volunteer to help with it, but I hope this
email might inspire
1 - more submissions to JOSS
2 - more volunteer reviewers for JOSS

JOSS (https://joss.theoj.org/about) publishes articles about open source
research software. It is a free, open-source, community driven and
developer-friendly online journal (no publisher is seeking to raise revenue
from the volunteer labor of researchers!) If your software is already well
documented, then paper preparation and submission for JOSS should take no
more than an hour.

If you want to submit a paper to JOSS, see:
https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/submitting.html

The review process at JOSS is unique: it is open (done via GitHub issues)
and author-reviewer-editor conversations are encouraged. See
https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reviewer_guidelines.html for more
info. JOSS reviews involve downloading and installing the software, and
inspecting the repository and submitted paper for key elements. See
https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html Editors and
reviewers post comments on the Review issue, and authors respond to the
comments and improve their submission until acceptance (or withdrawal, if
they feel unable to satisfy the review).

If you want to volunteer to review for JOSS, please fill out the form at:
http://joss.theoj.org/reviewer-signup.html

Thanks!

Dan