[PRE REVIEW]: PCRedux: A Quantitative PCR Machine Learning Toolkit

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Submitting author: @devSJR (Stefan Rödiger)
Repository: https://github.com/PCRuniversum/PCRedux
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[csoneson]

👋🏻 @devSJR - thanks for submitting to JOSS! I will handle your submission, and start by finding two reviewers.

I noticed that your paper is significantly longer than the JOSS standards - typical JOSS papers should be between 250 and 1,000 words (see https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/submitting.html#what-should-my-paper-contain), while yours is over 2,200 words. Could you try to shorten this to get at closer to the guidelines? Thanks!

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👋🏻 @seaaan, @dvanic, @rmflight - would (two of) you be interested in reviewing this submission for JOSS?

PCRedux: A Quantitative PCR Machine Learning Toolkit

[devSJR]

Dear @csoneson, thanks for handling this. When we were preparing the paper we read the guidelines. Additionally, we looked other JOSS papers, which appeared longer than the guidelines. Guess we were wrong about this. Our appologies. We can certainly shorten the paper.

I would like to mention that there is a long vignette cited as Rödiger et al. 2022. It is not part of the package because it is larger (file size) than CRAN allows.

Kind regards,

@devSJR

[seaaan]

Hi all, I am preparing for a conference next week and then have a big deadline in mid-June. I wouldn't be able to give this submission the attention it deserves until late June. I would be happy to review it then, but I imagine that is a longer timeline than you would prefer? Let me know. Sean

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On Sun, May 15, 2022, 6:51 AM devSJR ***@***.***> wrote: Dear @csoneson <https://github.com/csoneson>, thanks for handling this. When we were preparing the paper we read the guidelines. Additionally, we looked other JOSS papers, which appeared longer than the guidelines. We can certainly shorten the paper. I would like to mention that there is a long vignette cited as Rödiger et al. 2022. It is not part of the package because it is larger (file size) than CRAN allows. Kind regards, @devSJR <https://github.com/devSJR> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4390 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACQM25K4LC4JW6DU4XSTAT3VKD6MRANCNFSM5V2X5YTQ> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[rmflight]

Hi @csoneson, thank you for considering me. However, upon looking over the package, I don't think I have the theoretical knowledge about PCR to know what exactly this package is doing and if it will be useful to someone who actually does do PCR on the regular.

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@rmflight - no worries, thanks for the quick response!

@seaaan - thanks a lot for responding as well, I may get back to you!

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👋🏻 @jaybee84, @chrisamiller - would you be interested in reviewing this submission for JOSS?

PCRedux: A Quantitative PCR Machine Learning Toolkit

[chrisamiller]

This one is a little bit outside of my expertise, sorry. Happy to be considered for future reviews, though!

[devSJR]

@csoneson I suggested some reviewers from the list provided by JOSS. At least one of the potential reviewers has a PCR background. Maybe this helps.

[jaybee84]

I am happy to review this paper :)

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Thank you @jaybee84! I will assign you and start the review issue once we have secured one more reviewer.

@chrisamiller - no problem, thanks for responding!

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👋🏻 @markziemann, @DomBennett - would one of you be available and interested in reviewing this submission for JOSS?

PCRedux: A Quantitative PCR Machine Learning Toolkit

[markziemann]

@csoneson Yes I can do it within 14 days

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Awesome, thanks @markziemann! I'm going to assign the reviewers now and officially start the review.

@seaaan - I think we are set for this submission, I hope we can reach out to you for another review in the future! Thanks!

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