[PRE REVIEW]: SSN2: The next generation of spatial stream network modeling in R

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Submitting author: !--author-handle-->@michaeldumelle<!--end-author-handle-- (Michael Dumelle) Repository: https://github.com/USEPA/SSN2 Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): joss Version: v0.1.1 Editor: !--editor-->@mikemahoney218<!--end-editor-- Reviewers: @fernandomayer, @k-doering-NOAA Managing EiC: Kristen Thyng

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

OK DOIs

- 10.1371/journal.pone.0282524 is OK
- 10.32614/RJ-2018-009 is OK

MISSING DOIs

- 10.1002/2015wr018349 may be a valid DOI for title: Spatial statistical network models for stream and river temperature in New England, USA
- 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103028 may be a valid DOI for title: Integrating thermal infrared stream temperature imagery and spatial stream network models to understand natural spatial thermal variability in streams
- 10.1111/rec.13626 may be a valid DOI for title: Riparian vegetation shade restoration and loss effects on recent and future stream temperatures
- 10.1111/1752-1688.12372 may be a valid DOI for title: The Stream-Catchment (StreamCat) Dataset: A database of watershed metrics for the conterminous United States
- 10.1139/cjfas-2016-0247 may be a valid DOI for title: Scalable population estimates using spatial-stream-network (SSN) models, fish density surveys, and national geospatial database frameworks for streams
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0239237 may be a valid DOI for title: Preparing GIS data for analysis of stream monitoring data: The R package openSTARS
- 10.1086/710340 may be a valid DOI for title: Variation in stream network relationships and geospatial predictions of watershed conductivity
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.151 may be a valid DOI for title: Using spatial-stream-network models and long-term data to understand and predict dynamics of faecal contamination in a mixed land-use catchment
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0238422 may be a valid DOI for title: SSNdesign — An R package for pseudo-Bayesian optimal and adaptive sampling designs on stream networks
- 10.1016/j.cageo.2004.03.012 may be a valid DOI for title: Multivariable geostatistics in S: the gstat package
- 10.1890/08-1668.1 may be a valid DOI for title: A mixed-model moving-average approach to geostatistical modeling in stream networks
- 10.1038/s41598-019-43132-7 may be a valid DOI for title: A spatial stream-network approach assists in managing the remnant genetic diversity of riparian forests
- 10.1007/s10021-018-0311-8 may be a valid DOI for title: Estimating ecosystem metabolism to entire river networks
- 10.1111/1752-1688.12543 may be a valid DOI for title: Improving predictive models of in-stream phosphorus concentration based on nationally-available spatial data coverages
- 10.1111/1365-2664.13997 may be a valid DOI for title: Dendritic prioritization through spatial stream network modeling informs targeted management of Himalayan riverscapes under brown trout invasion
- 10.1016/j.cageo.2014.02.009 may be a valid DOI for title: rtop: An R package for interpolation of data with a variable spatial support, with an example from river networks
- 10.1198/jasa.2009.ap08248 may be a valid DOI for title: A moving average approach for spatial statistical models of stream networks

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[kthyng]

Hi @michaeldumelle and thanks for your submission. I will add this to our waitlist as we wait for an appropriate editor to have capacity to take it on. Thanks for your patience.

[michaeldumelle]

Thank you so much @kthyng ! If there is anything you need from me in the interim, please let me know.

[michaeldumelle]

@kthyng I filtered JOSS reviewers by "R" and "Earth Sciences and Ecology"

One reviewer that I noticed was Kathryn Doering for their "Topic Area" of fisheries ecology. These spatial stream network models have natural applications to fisheries.

Can I edit this message if other reviewers come to mind?

Thank you!

[kthyng]

@michaeldumelle for sure, edit or post away! Still waiting for editors...

[michaeldumelle]

@kthyng No problem and thanks for the update!

[mikemahoney218]

@editorialbot assign me as editor

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[mikemahoney218]

I'll take this submission on! :smile:

@michaeldumelle , would you be able to suggest 5 reviewers for this package? Reviewers can come from either our reviewer database or your own network, so long as they don't have a conflict of interest. When you suggest them, please do not ping them using @ -- we'll only do that when we're actually inviting them :smile:

After that, I should be able to start pinging people for reviews!

[michaeldumelle]

@mikemahoney218 thank you so much! Here are a few reviewers that have expertise in ecology/statistics/spatial statistics. The first few have expertise in fisheries/aquatic ecology/aquatic monitoring, which is particularly relevant to this submission:

• Kathryn Doering (fisheries ecology)
• GitHub user name fabbiologia (fisheries)
• GitHub user name fawda123 (aquatic ecology)
• GitHub user name hansenjohnson (marine ecology)
• GitHub user name hvoltbb (fisheries)
• GitHub user name molgor (spatial statistics/ecology)
• David Yannick
• Jed Long
• Louis-Marvin Sander
• Fernando de Pol Mayer

Two JOSS reviewers for which I declare a conflict of interest:

• Matt Higham (recent co-author)
• Jeff Hollister (work together closely in the same organization)

Please let me know if there is anything else you need from me at this time!

[mikemahoney218]

Appreciate the long list, and appreciate mentioning your COI with Jeff -- I'll admit he was my first thought when I saw this package :laughing:

I'll reach out to reviewers today and will follow up as I hear back!

[michaeldumelle]

Thank you @mikemahoney218 !

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@editorialbot add @k-doering-NOAA as reviewer

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@k-doering-NOAA added to the reviewers list!

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