[REVIEW]: AstronomicAL: an interactive dashboard for visualisation, integration and classification of data with Active Learning

[whedon]

Submitting author: @grant-m-s (Grant Stevens)
Repository: https://github.com/grant-m-s/astronomicAL
Version: v1.0
Editor: @crvernon
Reviewer: @crhea93, @rmorgan10
Archive: 10.5281/zenodo.5396671

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• Repository: Is the source code for this software available at the repository url?
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• Contribution and authorship: Has the submitting author (@grant-m-s) made major contributions to the software? Does the full list of paper authors seem appropriate and complete?
• Substantial scholarly effort: Does this submission meet the scope eligibility described in the JOSS guidelines

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• Installation: Does installation proceed as outlined in the documentation?
• Functionality: Have the functional claims of the software been confirmed?
• Performance: If there are any performance claims of the software, have they been confirmed? (If there are no claims, please check off this item.)

Documentation

• A statement of need: Do the authors clearly state what problems the software is designed to solve and who the target audience is?
• Installation instructions: Is there a clearly-stated list of dependencies? Ideally these should be handled with an automated package management solution.
• Example usage: Do the authors include examples of how to use the software (ideally to solve real-world analysis problems).
• Functionality documentation: Is the core functionality of the software documented to a satisfactory level (e.g., API method documentation)?
• Automated tests: Are there automated tests or manual steps described so that the functionality of the software can be verified?
• Community guidelines: Are there clear guidelines for third parties wishing to 1) Contribute to the software 2) Report issues or problems with the software 3) Seek support

Software paper

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• A statement of need: Does the paper have a section titled 'Statement of Need' that clearly states what problems the software is designed to solve and who the target audience is?
• State of the field: Do the authors describe how this software compares to other commonly-used packages?
• Quality of writing: Is the paper well written (i.e., it does not require editing for structure, language, or writing quality)?
• References: Is the list of references complete, and is everything cited appropriately that should be cited (e.g., papers, datasets, software)? Do references in the text use the proper citation syntax?

[whedon]

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Statistical information for the repository '42ba3ed564252039c49c17fb' was
gathered on 2021/08/20.
The following historical commit information, by author, was found:

Author                     Commits    Insertions      Deletions    % of changes
Grant Stevens                  226         16604           6576          100.00

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Grant Stevens             10028           60.4          3.4                2.76

[crvernon]

@whedon generate pdf from branch joss-paper-branch

[whedon]

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

[whedon]

👉📄 Download article proof 📄 View article proof on GitHub 📄 👈

[crvernon]

@crhea93 @rmorgan10 @grant-m-s 👋 the review takes place in this issue. Thanks!

[crvernon]

Also, please don't forget to add a link to this review issue in any issues or pull requests you may generate in the https://github.com/grant-m-s/astronomicAL repository. This will help everyone have a single point of reference.

[grant-m-s]

Thanks @crvernon for setting this up and thanks @crhea93 and @rmorgan10 for agreeing to review AstronomicAL. If either of you have any questions I'll be happy to answer them.

[rmorgan10]

Hi All!

@grant-m-s I would like to first congratulate you on an awesome software package! astronomicAL is really cool and a great addition to the field as a whole. I've identified 4 small things that will help me to check off all the remaining boxes above:

1. Changes to the paper to clarify the state of the field and the statement of need in [JOSS Review] Paper grant-m-s/AstronomicAL#9
2. Updates to the installation instructions in [JOSS Review] Installation grant-m-s/AstronomicAL#10
3. Clarity on contributing and bug reporting in [JOSS Review] General Documentaion grant-m-s/AstronomicAL#11
4. Verifying the functionalities in the testing suite in [JOSS Review] Tests grant-m-s/AstronomicAL#12

On all these issues, let's iterate on them in your repo, and when they have been resolved you can close them.

Overall the tutorials are very thorough, the code is sufficiently documented, and I found astronomicAL easy to use. Great work!

[crvernon]

📣 Mid-week rally! Just checking in to see how things are going.

🙌 Thanks for getting the ball rolling @rmorgan10 !

👐 @crhea93 I am happy to answer any question you may have as well!

Great work on this review so far!

[crhea93]

@grant-m-s WHAT A PACKAGE! This is extremely impressive work! The documentation is absolutely spot on -- I was able to answer any questions I had about the software and how best to use it by scrolling through the readthedocs pages.

I've added an additional installation issue to the existing GitHub issue created by @rmorgan10 grant-m-s/AstronomicAL#10

Since I am unable to install the software at the moment, I cannot complete my assessment of its functionality. Once we get that squared away, I'll be able to finish up my review :)

[crvernon]

@crhea93 I believe you accidentally linked to issue number 11 in the JOSS repository registry instead of one of the issues that is currently in the author's repository here: https://github.com/grant-m-s/AstronomicAL/issues

Would you mind editing your comment to reference the issue in the author's repo that you are referring to? Thanks!

[crhea93]

My apologies! It should be all set now :D

[grant-m-s]

@whedon generate pdf from branch joss-paper-branch

[whedon]

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

[whedon]

👉📄 Download article proof 📄 View article proof on GitHub 📄 👈

[crvernon]

📣 Hello all! It looks like @crhea93 and @rmorgan10 have made great progress on the review! Also, great work @grant-m-s in addressing their issues as they arise.

Just a reminder for the reviewers: don't forget to check off the reviewer checklist as you feel your comments have been sufficiently addressed. Also, once you believe your review to be completed, shoot me a comment here.

👏 Great progress everyone and keep up the good work!

[crhea93]

@crvernon My review is complete. I wholeheartedly suggest JOSS publishes this work!

[crvernon]

👏 Thanks @crhea93 for your volunteering your time and providing a thoughtful review!

[grant-m-s]

hmm both seem to be ACM doi's that aren't matched anywhere else besides the ACM website.

should I remove them?

[crvernon]

Yes, please remove them. It looks like those repos only site the tag on GitHub and not a DOI. Please pull the two invalid DOI links and we will proceed.

[grant-m-s]

ok they've now been removed

[crvernon]

@whedon check references

[whedon]

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

OK DOIs

- 10.5281/zenodo.4581995 is OK
- 10.5281/zenodo.3987379 is OK
- 10.5281/zenodo.4573728 is OK
- 10.2200/S00429ED1V01Y201207AIM018 is OK
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201730763 is OK
- 10.1086/176166 is OK
- 10.3847/1538-4365/ab929e is OK
- 10.5281/zenodo.4724125 is OK
- 10.3115/1613715.1613855 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stz2816 is OK
- 10.1038/s41587-020-0521-4 is OK

MISSING DOIs

- None

INVALID DOIs

- None

[crvernon]

@whedon generate pdf

[whedon]

👉📄 Download article proof 📄 View article proof on GitHub 📄 👈

[crvernon]

@grant-m-s we are almost there! Next is just setting up the archive for your new release. Since there have not been any releases yet in your repo, here are a few pointers:

• I find Zenodo easy to use to mint a DOI (permanent archive identifier) for each GitHub release. You will likely need to create a free Zenodo account and link your GitHub repository to it. Then once linked, you can conduct your release on GitHub and it will automatically trigger Zenodo to mint a DOI for you. If you want the DOI as a badge, you can add that as well. There are other options for creating a permanent archive resulting in a DOI for your code as well. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions.
• We want to make sure the archival has the correct metadata that JOSS requires. This includes a title that matches the paper title and a correct author list.

So here is what we have left to do:

• Conduct a GitHub release of the current reviewed version of the software you now have on the master and archive the reviewed software in Zenodo or a similar service (e.g., figshare, an institutional repository)
• Check the archival deposit (e.g., in Zenodo) to ensure it has the correct metadata. This includes the title (should match the paper title) and author list (make sure the list is correct and people who only made a small fix are not on it). You may also add the authors' ORCID.
• Please list the DOI of the archived version here

I can then move forward with accepting the submission.

[grant-m-s]

@crvernon 10.5281/zenodo.5396671

[crvernon]

@whedon set v1.0 as version

[whedon]

OK. v1.0 is the version.

[crvernon]

@whedon set 10.5281/zenodo.5396671 as archive

[whedon]

OK. 10.5281/zenodo.5396671 is the archive.

[crvernon]

🎉 @grant-m-s thanks for putting together a really nice software product! Thanks to @crhea93 and @rmorgan10 for a constructive and timely review!

I am recommending that your submission be accepted. An EIC will review this shortly and confirm final publication if all goes well.

[crvernon]

@whedon recommend-accept

[whedon]

Attempting dry run of processing paper acceptance...

[whedon]

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

OK DOIs

- 10.5281/zenodo.4581995 is OK
- 10.5281/zenodo.3987379 is OK
- 10.5281/zenodo.4573728 is OK
- 10.2200/S00429ED1V01Y201207AIM018 is OK
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201730763 is OK
- 10.1086/176166 is OK
- 10.3847/1538-4365/ab929e is OK
- 10.5281/zenodo.4724125 is OK
- 10.3115/1613715.1613855 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stz2816 is OK
- 10.1038/s41587-020-0521-4 is OK

MISSING DOIs

- None

INVALID DOIs

- None

[whedon]

👋 @openjournals/joss-eics, this paper is ready to be accepted and published.

Check final proof 👉 openjournals/joss-papers#2566

If the paper PDF and Crossref deposit XML look good in openjournals/joss-papers#2566, then you can now move forward with accepting the submission by compiling again with the flag deposit=true e.g.

@whedon accept deposit=true

[kyleniemeyer]

@whedon accept deposit=true

[whedon]

Doing it live! Attempting automated processing of paper acceptance...

[whedon]

🐦🐦🐦 👉 Tweet for this paper 👈 🐦🐦🐦

[whedon]

🚨🚨🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL, YOU HAVE JUST ACCEPTED A PAPER INTO JOSS! 🚨🚨🚨

Here's what you must now do:

0. Check final PDF and Crossref metadata that was deposited 👉 Creating pull request for 10.21105.joss.03635 joss-papers#2567
1. Wait a couple of minutes, then verify that the paper DOI resolves https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03635
2. If everything looks good, then close this review issue.
3. Party like you just published a paper! 🎉🌈🦄💃👻🤘

Any issues? Notify your editorial technical team...

[kyleniemeyer]

Congratulations @grant-m-s on your article's publication in JOSS!

Many thanks to @crhea93 and @rmorgan10 for reviewing this, and @crvernon for editing.

[whedon]

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[grant-m-s]

@crvernon If I were to also upload this to Arxiv, am I able to upload the paper with JOSS branding? (For example the main paper pdf or the local docker created version). Thanks!

[crvernon]

@grant-m-s I think this is more of a question for the arXiv staff to determine permissiveness. Your JOSS paper is now licensed as follows (and as listed on your publication):

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