[JOSS] time to start thinking about a JOSS paper

[jGaboardi]

Following splot, it is time to start thinking about a JOSS paper.

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General Timeline

• following v1.5.0 release

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Main blocking issues include

• [MAINT] re-evaluate testing structure #438 (resolving via [MAINT] DRYing off unittests #439, and [TST] Updating tests and testing structure #443 )
• decision regarding package import warning? #427
• [ENH] caveats notebook #426
• DOC: correct comments for K-function related code #465, [WIP] Update Network K Function #469, [BUG] Correction to NetworkK formulation #470, [Bug] Addressing bug in K-Function formation #471
• analysis.ffunction() may not be correct #225
• others?

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Info

• JOSS example submissions
• From What should my paper contain?

  • Your paper should include:

    • A list of the authors of the software and their affiliations, using the correct format (see the example below).
    • A summary describing the high-level functionality and purpose of the software for a diverse, non-specialist audience.
    • A clear Statement of Need that illustrates the research purpose of the software.
    • A list of key references, including to other software addressing related needs.
    • Mention (if applicable) of any past or ongoing research projects using the software and recent scholarly publications enabled by it.
    • Acknowledgement of any financial support.

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To Consider

• Authorship
  • main
    • @jGaboardi, @sjsrey
  • current PySAL devs (who would like to be included?)
  • previous maintainer (@jlaura), contributors, etc.?
• Suggested Editor
  • Lorena Mesa (social sciences) ?
  • Ariel Rokem (computational social science) ?
• Suggested Reviewers
  • ???
  • ???

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[jGaboardi]

March dev meeting agenda

[jGaboardi]

Stefanie suggests using Overleaf for drafts.

[jGaboardi]

Going to postpone this due to the current situation at JOSS among other reasons.

[jGaboardi]

Paper repo and .md initialized in c49cf76

[jGaboardi]

@pysal/devs I started an Overleaf template for the paper. If interested, please send me a private message on gitter and I will send you the link.

[jGaboardi]

First draft of JOSS paper wrapped up.

[jGaboardi]

The current list for the JOSS paper is:

• @jGaboardi
• @slumnitz
• @sjsrey

If any others are interested, please send me note via gitter or email and I can share the OverLeaf link.

@weikang9009 @knaaptime @ljwolf @darribas, etc.

[jGaboardi]

see sjsrey/spaghetti_paper for the working draft.

[jGaboardi]

#541

[jGaboardi]

revisiting suggested editors:

• Lorena Mesa
• Ben Stabler
• Leonardo Uieda

revisiting suggested reviewers:

• Anita Graser
• Aleksey Bilogur
• Geoff Boeing?
• Henrikki Tenkanen?

[jGaboardi]

@slumnitz @sjsrey The initial submission for the JOSS paper is complete. Closing this issue now.