[PRE REVIEW]: Swalbe.jl: A lattice Boltzmann solver for thin film hydrodynamics

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Submitting author: !--author-handle-->@Zitzeronion<!--end-author-handle-- (Stefan Zitz) Repository: https://jugit.fz-juelich.de/compflu/swalbe.jl/ Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): Version: 0.1.0 Editor: !--editor-->@arfon<!--end-editor-- Reviewers: !--reviewers-list-->@mbernaschi<!--end-reviewers-list-- Managing EiC: Kevin M. Moerman

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[Zitzeronion]

Added some more information to the affiliations and made .bib file spell Boltzmann with a capital B.

Another potential reviewer would be datseris.george@gmail.com, I think he is one of the founders of DrWatson.jl

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👋 @Zitzeronion: Thanks for submitting to JOSS!

Do you have suggestions for potential reviewers who are familiar with the field and related software? Thanks!

[Zitzeronion]

Hello @dpsanders, Thank you very much for taking over the editorial work!

I think George Datseris could be a potential reviewer, but don't know if he is too familiar with thin film problems. However I know he knows a lot about Julia and Julia packages. Other reviewers might be: mancellin, jramirezcr or ali-ramadhan (from the list above).

[Zitzeronion]

Hey just wanted to ask if there is something I can or should do? It seems that so far no reviewer has been assinged. I don't mind waiting just wanted to check.

[dpsanders]

👋 @Zitzeronion: Apologies for the delay.

Could you please add comparisons to other software packages in other languages in the paper for JOSS (or state that there are none). I would also like to see a simple example use case and corresponding output in the paper. Thanks!

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👋 @jramirezcr and @ali-ramadhan: Would you be available and willing to review this submission for JOSS, the Journal of Open Source Software? Reviews are focused on the software and take place via GitHub issues. Thanks!

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👋 @jramirezcr and @ali-ramadhan: Would you be available and willing to review this submission for JOSS, the Journal of Open Source Software? Reviews are focused on the software and take place via GitHub issues. Thanks!

Dear @dpsanders.

I would like to review this submission. However, I don't have much experience using Julia, and I think this is a limitation.

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[Zitzeronion]

Dear @dpsanders and @jramirezcr,

I am terribly sorry for keeping you wait for ever. I hope you two do fine in this strange times.

I tried to update the paper according to your suggestions @dpsanders , there is a simple and easy use case outside of the tutorial section of the documentation. There is a minor review of other software solutions that can be used to simulate the thin film equation.

As far as I understood @jramirezcr did not yet had a look at the repo, correct?

[Zitzeronion]

@dpsanders is it okay to put an authors contribution section into the paper?

By the way, happy holidays and a merry Christmas if you are already on vacation

[Zitzeronion]

Dear @dpsanders, Is it possible to have a status update on the review process? Some time has passed, which is not a problem at all, but I would like to know if our contribution is still considered for review or not. And if there is anything I can do to help with the process?

In the meantime, we submitted a manuscript for publication based on the software of this submission. The preprint can be found at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.09770

Please let me know if there is something that I can do :)

[dpsanders]

👋 @Zitzeronion: I apologize for the long delay. Let me get back to you soon.

Do you have suggestions for reviewers who are familiar with lattice Boltzmann, but who are not necessarily members of the Julia community? Perhaps authors of similar packages in other languages?

[Zitzeronion]

@dpsanders Thank you for the fast reply 😃

In fact, there are some researchers which come to my mind. But if possible, I would wait till I hear back from the other authors.

[Zitzeronion]

👋 @dpsanders: We came up with a few names.

However, I think all of them did not review for JOSS yet. Some possible reviewers could be: Mathias Krause (mathias.krause@kit.edu), Max Gaedtke (maximilian.gaedtke@kit.edu), Giorgio Amati (g.amati@cineca.it), Massimo Bernaschi (massimo.bernaschi@cnr.it) or Dominique Derome (dominique.derome@usherbrooke.ca) or Jan Carmeliet (cajan@ethz.ch). Especially Max Gaedtke could be interested, but it could be that his KIT email is outdated.

I hope this helps, let me know if it does not, so we can work out solutions.

[Zitzeronion]

Happy Monday,

Is there any news you can share with us @dpsanders ? Did one of the above person replied yet, or should we try to come up with more possible reviewers?

[Zitzeronion]

Dear @dpsanders sorry to bother you again, but another month has passed since your last reply.

It seems the issue of finding a referee is more severe than expected. Can you supply us with any update or with instructions of how we can help? Thanks in advance 😃

[arfon]

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Assigned! @arfon is now the editor

[arfon]

@Zitzeronion – my apologies things have moved slowly here. @dpsanders has decided to step down from the JOSS editorial team due to his other work commitments. Thanks @dpsanders for all of your work as a JOSS editor over the past few years! ✨

@Zitzeronion – I'll be your editor from here on out. I see you've already suggested a few possible reviewers – I'll start contacting them to see if they'd be willing to provide a review.

[arfon]

@Datseris – would you be willing to review this submission for JOSS? We carry out our checklist-driven reviews here in GitHub issues and follow these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reviewer_guidelines.html

[Datseris]

Hi @arfon , while this looks like a great package, I will unfortunately decline reviewing because I am swamped reviewing too many things already :( Sorry!

[Zitzeronion]

Hello 👋 @arfon and thank you for taking over the editorial burden. Thanks @dpsanders for all the work you put in 👏 .

Please let me know if I can do something to help.

[arfon]

Hi @arfon , while this looks like a great package, I will unfortunately decline reviewing because I am swamped reviewing too many things already :( Sorry!

No problem. Thanks anyway @Datseris. If you have any suggestions for alternative reviewers, please let me know.

Over email, @mbernaschi has kindly agreed to review this submission. Thank you @mbernaschi! In order to expedite the process, I'm going to go ahead and open the main review with @mbernaschi as the first reviewer, as and when we find a second reviewer, I'll add them directly to the main review thread there.

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OK, I've started the review over in https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/4312.

[arfon]

@mbernaschi & @Zitzeronion – see you over in #4312 where the actual review will take place.