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Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review.

Arfon M Smith¹, Kyle E Niemeyer², Daniel S Katz³

¹Data Science Mission Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.

Peerj Preprints

|July 25, 2020

Summary

The Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) is a journal that publishes research software articles. It aims to improve software quality and provide credit for software developers, addressing a gap in scientific recognition.

Keywords:

Code review Computational research Data Science Digital Libraries Open-source software Research software Scholarly publishing Scientific Computing and Simulation Software Engineering Software citation

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Area of Science:

Scientific publishing
Open source software
Scholarly communication

Background:

Research software development is crucial but often lacks formal recognition.
Existing academic publishing models do not adequately reward software contributions.
There is a need for a dedicated venue to publish and credit research software.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the motivation, design, and progress of the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS).
To provide a free and open-access journal for research software articles.
To improve the quality of submitted software and offer credit to developers.

Main Methods:

Rigorous peer review of software components: functionality, documentation, tests, continuous integration, and license.
Open submission and review process conducted on GitHub.
Collaborative and transparent interaction between editors, reviewers, and authors.

Main Results:

In its first year, JOSS published 111 articles with over 40 more under review.
JOSS provides Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) and Crossref metadata for discoverability.
Authors retain copyright under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Conclusions:

JOSS successfully addresses the lack of rewards for software contributions in science.
The journal's open and rigorous review process enhances research software quality.
JOSS facilitates credit and citation for research software, integrating it into the scientific merit system.