[PRE REVIEW]: J3D: using moments to quantify the shape of molecular clouds in 3D

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Submitting author: @SJaffa (Sarah Jaffa) Repository: https://github.com/SJaffa/Jplots Version: v1.0 Editor: Pending Reviewer: Pending Managing EiC: Kristen Thyng

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Software report (experimental):

github.com/AlDanial/cloc v 1.84  T=0.06 s (155.0 files/s, 28369.2 lines/s)
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Statistical information for the repository '2627' was gathered on 2020/09/01.
The following historical commit information, by author, was found:

Author                     Commits    Insertions      Deletions    % of changes
SJaffa                          16          3035           1493          100.00

Below are the number of rows from each author that have survived and are still
intact in the current revision:

Author                     Rows      Stability          Age       % in comments
SJaffa                     1397           46.0          3.1               11.67

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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

OK DOIs

- 10.1093/mnras/sty696 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/sty1675 is OK
- 10.1086/174279 is OK
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201322068 is OK
- 10.3847/1538-3881/aabc4f is OK
- 10.1109/MCSE.2007.55 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/sty1675 is OK

MISSING DOIs

- None

INVALID DOIs

- None

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:point_right: Check article proof :page_facing_up: :point_left:

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@whedon query scope

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Submission flagged for editorial review.

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👋 @SJaffa - I'm sorry to say that after discussion amongst the JOSS editors, we have decided that this submission does not meet the substantial scholarly effort criterion for review by JOSS. Please see https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/submitting.html#other-venues-for-reviewing-and-publishing-software-packages for other suggestions for how you might receive credit for your work.

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@whedon reject

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Paper rejected.