Journal of Open Source Software explained
Journal of Open Source Software |
Cover: | JOSS.png |
Editor: | Arfon Smith |
Discipline: | Software engineering |
Abbreviation: | J. Open Source Softw. |
Frequency: | Continuous, upon acceptance |
History: | 2016–present |
Openaccess: | Yes |
License: | CC-BY 4.0 |
Website: | http://joss.theoj.org |
Link2: | http://joss.theoj.org/papers |
Link2-Name: | Online archive |
Oclc: | 971252162 |
Eissn: | 2475-9066 |
The Journal of Open Source Software is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering open-source software from any research discipline.[1] [2] [3] The journal was founded in 2016 by editors Arfon Smith, Kyle Niemeyer, Dan Katz, Kevin Moerman, and Karthik Ram.[4] The editor-in-chief is Arfon Smith (Space Telescope Science Institute),[5] and associate editors-in-chief: Dan Foreman-Mackey, Olivia Guest, Daniel Katz, Kevin Moerman, Kyle Niemeyer, George Thiruvathukal, and Krysten Thyng (retired: Lorena A. Barba). The journal is a sponsored project of NumFOCUS and an affiliate of the Open Source Initiative.[6] The journal uses GitHub as publishing platform.[7]
The journal was established in May 2016 and in its first year published 111 articles, with more than 40 additional articles under review.[1] They reported approximately 1200 published articles in March 2021.[8]
The journal has been discussed in several peer-reviewed papers which describe its publishing model and its effectiveness.[9]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Astrophysics Data System and in the DBLP computer science bibliography online database.
Further reading
Notes and References
- Smith . Arfon M. . Niemeyer . Kyle E. . Katz . Daniel S. . Barba . Lorena A. . Githinji . George . Gymrek . Melissa . Huff . Kathryn D. . Madan . Christopher R. . Cabunoc Mayes . Abigail . Moerman . Kevin M. . Prins . Pjotr . Ram . Karthik . Rokem . Ariel . Teal . Tracy K. . Valls Guimera . Roman . Vanderplas . Jacob T. . Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review . PeerJ Computer Science . 4 . 2018 . e147 . 2376-5992 . 10.7717/peerj-cs.147 . 32704456 . 7340488 . free.
- Boehmke . Bradley C. . Hazen . Benjamin T. . The Future of Supply Chain Information Systems: The Open Source Ecosystem . Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management . 21 February 2017 . 18 . 2 . 163–168 . 10.1007/s40171-017-0152-x. 168774982 .
- Hwang . Lorraine . Fish . Allison . Soito . Laura . Smith . MacKenzie . Kellogg . Louise H. . Software and the Scientist: Coding and Citation Practices in Geodynamics . Earth and Space Science . November 2017 . 4 . 11 . 670–680 . 10.1002/2016EA000225. 2017E&SS....4..670H . free .
- News: Moore. Madison. 9 May 2016. Journal of Open Source Software helps researchers write and publish papers on software - SD Times. SD Times.
- News: Singh Chawla . Dalmeet . Open Source Software Deleted? A Code Archive Could Help . 8 September 2018 . Undark . 5 February 2018.
- Web site: TechBlog: JOSS gives computational scientists their academic due . Naturejobs Blog . Perkel . Jeffrey . 4 April 2017 . 10 August 2018.
- Rougier . Nicolas P. . Hinsen . Konrad . Alexandre . Frédéric . Arildsen . Thomas . Barba . Lorena A. . Benureau . Fabien C.Y. . Brown . C. Titus . de Buyl . Pierre . Caglayan . Ozan . Davison . Andrew P. . Delsuc . Marc-André . Detorakis . Georgios . Diem . Alexandra K. . Drix . Damien . Enel . Pierre . Girard . Benoît . Guest . Olivia . Hall . Matt G. . Henriques . Rafael N. . Hinaut . Xavier . Jaron . Kamil S. . Khamassi . Mehdi . Klein . Almar . Manninen . Tiina . Marchesi . Pietro . McGlinn . Daniel . Metzner . Christoph . Petchey . Owen . Plesser . Hans Ekkehard . Poisot . Timothée . Ram . Karthik . Ram . Yoav . Roesch . Etienne . Rossant . Cyrille . Rostami . Vahid . Shifman . Aaron . Stachelek . Joseph . Stimberg . Marcel . Stollmeier . Frank . Vaggi . Federico . Viejo . Guillaume . Vitay . Julien . Vostinar . Anya E. . Yurchak . Roman . Zito . Tiziano . Sustainable computational science: the ReScience initiative . PeerJ Computer Science . 18 December 2017 . 3 . e142 . 10.7717/peerj-cs.142 . 34722870 . 8530091 . 1707.04393 . free .
- Web site: Blog . Journal of Open Source Software . Call for editors Journal of Open Source Software Blog . blog.joss.theoj.org . 30 March 2021 . 24 June 2021.
- Katz . Daniel . Niemeyer . Kyle . Smith . Arfon . May 2018 . Publish Your Software: Introducing the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) . CiSE . 2 . 3 . 84–88 . 10.1109/MCSE.2018.03221930 . 2018CSE....20c..84K . 2018-08-10. free .