[PRE REVIEW]: Multiplicative Elementary Cellular Automata

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Submitting author: @dmcki23 (Daniel McKinley)
Repository: https://github.com/dmcki23/MultiplicativeECA
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Version: .98
Editor: Pending
Reviewers: Pending
Managing EiC: Daniel S. Katz

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📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 1176

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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✅ License found: MIT License (Valid open source OSI approved license)

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- 10.1007/978-3-031-43328-3_1 is OK
- 10.21105/joss.03608 is OK
- 10.1007/978-3-319-53043-7_10 is OK

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note - updated based on previously withdrawn submission: #6968

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👋 @dmcki23 - thanks for this resubmission. I'm again going to ask editors to review it for scope before we start, in this case mostly to make sure that it's sufficiently prepared (packaging, documentation, etc.) to be reviewed.

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@editorialbot query scope

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Submission flagged for editorial review.

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👋 @dmcki23 - I apologize for the delay, and for the result. After discussion amongst the JOSS editors, we have decided that this submission cannot be reviewed by JOSS. Comments from editors include:

• The article seems to propose two things. (1) is a new type of cellular automaton and (2) some software to implement those rules. The documentation is not clear at all and is in all in one file (src/Paper/UserGuide.md) that describes the buttons of the user interface. There is a single test which is not a "check" of the result but some code that calls a routine. It is more an implementation example.
• I don't think that the current state of the paper is adequate for a diverse, non-specialist audience. I find the "user manual" confusing and believe that the current set of documents and examples could make the work of potential reviewers very hard.
• We should recommend to the author to publish their work on cellular automata to a mathematics or physics journal.

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@editorialbot reject

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Paper rejected.