[PRE REVIEW]: ggrain - a ggplot2 extension for raincloud plots

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Submitting author: @njudd (Nicholas Judd)
Repository: https://github.com/njudd/ggrain
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Version: 0.0.4
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Reviewers: Pending
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Software report:

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Commit count by author:

   250	Nicholas Judd
   116	Jordy van Langen
     4	njudd

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

OK DOIs

- None

MISSING DOIs

- 10.1242/prelights.4855 may be a valid DOI for title: Raincloud plots: a multi-platform tool for robust ...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Beyond bar and line graphs: time for a new data pr...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: The grammar of graphics
- No DOI given, and none found for title: ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis
- 10.32614/cran.package.gghalves may be a valid DOI for title: gghalves: Compose Half-Half Plots Using Your Favou...
- 10.32614/cran.package.ggpp may be a valid DOI for title: ggpp: Grammar Extensions to ’ggplot2’
- 10.32614/cran.package.cli may be a valid DOI for title: cli: Helpers for Developing Command Line Interface...
- 10.32614/cran.package.vctrs may be a valid DOI for title: vctrs: Vector Helpers
- 10.32614/cran.package.rlang may be a valid DOI for title: rlang: Functions for Base Types and Core R and ’Ti...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Comp...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: JASP: Graphical statistical software for common st...

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Paper file info:

📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 1049

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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License info:

🟡 License found: Other (Check here for OSI approval)

[samhforbes]

@editorialbot query scope

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Submission flagged for editorial review.

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[samhforbes]

Hi @njudd following scope review we feel this software is not in scope at JOSS. Typically software with only a small amount of code will be flagged for close review, and only permitted where there's strong reasoning. As this package focuses on one type of functionality we would not consider this in scope.

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@editorialbot reject

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Paper rejected.

[njudd]

@samhforbes ggrain seems within scope as previous papers such as ggparliament, ggeffects & ggvoronoi are very similar gg-style plotting packages. Yet, there are more niche than ggrain.

The original rainclouds plotting paper has 1336 citations highlighting the broad appeal of rainclouds and our package is averaging 1700 downloads per month. I don't understand why ggrain would be out of scope while multiple previous gg-style packages have been published.

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@njudd this decision is neither a reflection on the quality of the work, nor on whether the package can be used in research or has appeal, but rather that it does not meet our definition of research software for this Journal - a definition that has tightened over time. You can see both our current definition and our policy on length and multiple features here https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/submitting.html#what-we-mean-by-research-software