[PRE REVIEW]: OpenRepGrid.ic: A software for Interpretive Clustering

[whedon]

Submitting author: @markheckmann (Mark Heckmann) Repository: https://github.com/markheckmann/OpenRepGrid.ic Version: v0.5.0 Editor: @gkthiruvathukal Reviewers: @aj2duncan, @brunaw Managing EiC: Arfon Smith

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[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@markheckmann I've flagged this submission for additional scope review by our editorial board. In particular we will review if it is considered to have substantial scholarly effort. This is standard for submissions of this size (the core functionality appears to be captured by around 1661 lines of code). This review will take about a week.

In the mean time, can you please review our documentation on what the paper should contain, in particular the "Statement of need" section is missing. You can update the paper here by calling: @whedon generate pdf. Thanks.

[kthyng]

Hi @markheckmann — the editorial board has determined that this submission is in scope, so we can proceed.

Please follow up on @Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman's comment above to add a Statement of Need section.

Also, add a sentence or two to the start of your paper so that a non-expert in your field can be oriented to where your software fits.

[kthyng]

@markheckmann As someone who isn't in your field (and referring to my previous comment about your paper needing to help orient nonexperts to your topic area), I can't tell who is an appropriate editor for this submission, given that cMadan isn't able to take an another submission right now. Can you look through the editor list and suggest another editor or two?

[markheckmann]

@whedon generate pdf from branch joss

[whedon]

Attempting PDF compilation from custom branch joss. Reticulating splines etc...

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[markheckmann]

@kthyng We added a 'Statement of need' section and modified the introduction to make it more accessible for non-experts. We suggest one of the following editors who have a background in social science: alexhanna, kakiac, leeper, lorenanicole Thanks!

[kthyng]

@kakiac are you available to edit this submission?

[kthyng]

@whedon invite @kakiac as editor

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[kyleniemeyer]

Hello @kakiac, just a gentle ping on this editorial request.

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@whedon invite @kakiac as editor

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@kakiac has been invited to edit this submission.

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@kakiac would you be able to help with this submission?

[kthyng]

Hi @lorenanicole could you edit this submission?

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@whedon invite @lorenanicole as editor

[whedon]

@lorenanicole has been invited to edit this submission.

[lorenanicole]

@kthyng I have another few papers on my roster and don't want to overextend myself.

[kthyng]

Hi @markheckmann and thanks for your submission! We currently have low editor availability in this area, so I am going to add the "waitlist" label until we are able to assign this submission to an editor. Thanks for your patience.

[danielskatz]

👋 @cMadan - are you able to take this on by any chance?

[danielskatz]

@whedon invite @cMadan as editor

[whedon]

@cMadan has been invited to edit this submission.

[cMadan]

Apologies, I can't handle another submission at this time.

[kyleniemeyer]

@whedon invite @gkthiruvathukal as editor

Hi @gkthiruvathukal, I realize you just wrapped up a submission, but we are trying to trim the backlog... can you edit this submission?

[whedon]

@gkthiruvathukal has been invited to edit this submission.

[gkthiruvathukal]

Hi @kyleniemeyer. Yes, I can edit it.

[kyleniemeyer]

@whedon assign @gkthiruvathukal as editor

Thank you!

[whedon]

OK, the editor is @gkthiruvathukal

[gkthiruvathukal]

@markheckmann if you have any suggestions for potential reviewers then please mention them here in this thread (without tagging them with an @). In addition, this list of people have already agreed to review for JOSS and may be suitable for this submission (please start at the bottom of the list).

[markheckmann]

@gkthiruvathukal Thanks for the info! Based on the information on the list, I would suggest on of the following four persons: adithirgis, elimillera, aj2duncan, brunaw Thanks and best wishes, Mark

[gkthiruvathukal]

@aj2duncan, are you willing to contribute a review for this JOSS submission?

[gkthiruvathukal]

@brunaw, are you willing to contribute a review for this JOSS submission?

[aj2duncan]

Hi @gkthiruvathukal,

This looks really interesting and thank you very much for the offer but I'm not going to be able to contribute for a couple of weeks. If you're happy to wait, I'll gladly look at it then but otherwise I'll have to pass.

Thanks,

Andrew

[markheckmann]

@aj2duncan Dear Andrew, thanks for your offer. We are happy to wait for a couple of weeks. We would be very glad if you were willing to do it then. Thanks, Mark

[gkthiruvathukal]

@aj2duncan I hope I can interpret your response as a yes. Both the author, @markheckmann, and I are willing to work with your timeframe. We're still very much in a COVID-19 world, so we will wait for your review. Thank you for your willingness to participate in this important process.

[gkthiruvathukal]

@whedon assign @aj2duncan as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @aj2duncan is now a reviewer

[gkthiruvathukal]

We'll start review once I get the second reviewer, again with the understanding that this will take some time.

[brunaw]

@gkthiruvathukal thanks for the invite. I am in the same situation as @aj2duncan, I am happy to review but it might take me a few days to start, would that be okay?

[gkthiruvathukal]

@brunaw Yes, it's absolutely ok! I will work with your schedule. I will just nudge both of you in a couple of weeks to see how things are going. Ok?

I'll add you and start review! Thanks so much for being willing to help.

[gkthiruvathukal]

@whedon add @brunaw as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @brunaw is now a reviewer

[gkthiruvathukal]

@whedon start review

[whedon]

OK, I've started the review over in https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/3292.