[PRE REVIEW]: home2park: An R package to assess the spatial provision of urban parks

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Submitting author: @xp-song (Xiao Ping Song) Repository: https://github.com/ecological-cities/home2park Version: v0.1.0 Editor: @martinfleis Reviewers: @aelissa, @nickbearman Managing EiC: Kristen Thyng

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[kthyng]

@xp-song I think your paper needs to be named paper.md to be found. Mote info here.

[kthyng]

Since this software is on the small side (<1000 lines of code), I am pinging the editorial board to make sure it is in scope in terms of substantial scholarly effort. This process will take 1-2 weeks.

[kthyng]

@whedon query scope

[whedon]

Submission flagged for editorial review.

[xp-song]

@xp-song I think your paper needs to be named paper.md to be found. Mote info here.

Hi @kthyng, thank you for looking into our work. I've fixed this in commit 06f7047

[xp-song]

@xp-song 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).

Here are several reviewer suggestions based on the provided list:

• Jeffrey Hollister (jhollist) - work on spatial ecology and environmental sciences, and experience in GIS and spatial statistics in R.
• Bryce Mecum (amoeba) - experience in spatial data manipulation in R.
• Daniel Nüst (nuest) - experience in GIS and spatiotemporal data in R.
• Virgilio Gómez-Rubio (becarioprecario) - work on GIS and spatial statistics in R.

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@whedon generate pdf

[whedon]

:point_right::page_facing_up: Download article proof :page_facing_up: View article proof on GitHub :page_facing_up: :point_left:

[danielskatz]

@xp-song - I'm unsure if this is limited to use in Singapore - can you explain if this is correct or not?

[xp-song]

@danielskatz The package can be used anywhere (user provided data), and functions are included to download/process OSM data. So out of the box, it may be used anywhere where OSM is available. The example provided is for the city of Singapore

[danielskatz]

This has passed the scope query, but we don't have editors in this area currently available, so we'll put in on the waiting list for a little bit

[xp-song]

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[xp-song]

@danielskatz The research areas that home2park intersect with include topics such as GIS/geospatial analysis (e.g. spatial equity/statistics), human ecology (e.g. human–nature interactions, recreation/leisure), as well as city/urban planning (e.g. landscape ecology/patterns). Some suggested editors are listed below, hope this helps:

• Kristina Riemer (KristinaRiemer) - background in environmental science, and ecology with extensive experience in R (spatial data, ecosystem modelling)
• Marcos Vital (marcosvital) - extensive work in R and ecology
• Hugo Ledoux (hugoledoux)) - extensive work on GIS, geoinformation and their application

[danielskatz]

we don't have editors in this area currently available

"available" is the key word here, meaning free to take on another paper, but thanks for making these explicit suggestions.

[arfon]

@whedon invite @martinfleis as editor

:wave: @martinfleis – would you be willing to edit this submission for JOSS?

[whedon]

@martinfleis has been invited to edit this submission.

[martinfleis]

@whedon assign me as editor

[whedon]

OK, the editor is @martinfleis

[martinfleis]

👋 Hi @xp-song, I'll be editing your paper.

While I try to get in touch with potential reviewers, can you expand the paper to follow the guidelines?

• The Summary section of your paper should summarise the package. In its current form, it serves as an introduction and a problem statement more than a summary. It should contain a clear description of the high-level functionality and purpose of the software for a diverse, non-specialist audience.
• Add State of the field section. You should describe how this software compares to other commonly-used packages, at least within the R ecosystem (and potentially other).

See the submitting guidelines and a review checklist for details.

Thank you!

[martinfleis]

@whedon assign @aelissa as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @aelissa is now a reviewer

[martinfleis]

@whedon generate pdf

[whedon]

:point_right::page_facing_up: Download article proof :page_facing_up: View article proof on GitHub :page_facing_up: :point_left:

[xp-song]

👋 Hi @xp-song, I'll be editing your paper.

While I try to get in touch with potential reviewers, can you expand the paper to follow the guidelines?

• The Summary section of your paper should summarise the package. In its current form, it serves as an introduction and a problem statement more than a summary. It should contain a clear description of the high-level functionality and purpose of the software for a diverse, non-specialist audience.
• Add State of the field section. You should describe how this software compares to other commonly-used packages, at least within the R ecosystem (and potentially other).

See the submitting guidelines and a review checklist for details.

Thank you!

Thanks for pointing these out, I've updated the paper and added some links to documentation.

[xp-song]

@whedon generate pdf

[whedon]

:point_right::page_facing_up: Download article proof :page_facing_up: View article proof on GitHub :page_facing_up: :point_left:

[martinfleis]

@whedon add @nickbearman as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @nickbearman is now a reviewer

[martinfleis]

@whedon start review

[whedon]

OK, I've started the review over in https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/3609.