[PRE REVIEW]: WeibullR.plotly: Interactive Weibull Probability Plots

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Submitting author: @paulgovan (Paul Govan)
Repository: https://github.com/paulgovan/WeibullR.plotly
Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): main
Version: v0.2.1
Editor: Pending
Reviewers: Pending
Managing EiC: Daniel S. Katz

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

OK DOIs

- None

MISSING DOIs

- No DOI given, and none found for title: learnr: Interactive Tutorials for R
- 10.1201/9780429447273 may be a valid DOI for title: Interactive Web-Based Data Visualization with R, p...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Comp...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: shiny: Web Application Framework for R
- No DOI given, and none found for title: WeibullR: Weibull Analysis for Reliability Enginee...
- 10.32614/cran.package.weibullr.learnr may be a valid DOI for title: WeibullR.learnr: An Interactive Introduction to Li...
- 10.32614/cran.package.weibullr.plotly may be a valid DOI for title: WeibullR.plotly: Interactive Weibull Probability P...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: WeibullR.shiny: A ’Shiny’ App for Weibull Analysis...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: The new Weibull handbook

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Software report:

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Commit count by author:

    61	Paul Govan

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Paper file info:

📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 468

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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License info:

✅ License found: Apache License 2.0 (Valid open source OSI approved license)

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[danielskatz]

👋 @paulgovan - how can we understand what the software is specifically in this submission? The code is the repository seems quite large for the functionality described in the paper. Can you explain?

[paulgovan]

Hi @danielskatz,

This software is intended to serve as an add-on to the WeibullR package, a well-known R package for life data analysis, reliability analysis, and Weibull analysis. It enhances Weibull modeling by enabling interactive, web-based plotting options—a feature commonly found in commercial software but, to the best of my knowledge, not available in open source software.

In addition to the core code, the software package includes documentation, tutorials, unit tests, and other supporting resources, which may contribute to its larger size.

[danielskatz]

Is there a "diff" that I could use to understand what was written for this package vs what already existed? E.g., are all the 200k lines of C/C++ headers original to this package?

[paulgovan]

I just reviewed the report above, and something seems off. The software is primarily written in R, and is a few hundred lines of code. It appears that some of the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files might be pulled from the gh-pages branch (website), while the core code is in the main branch.

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@editorialbot set main as branch

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Done! branch is now main

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@editorialbot check repository

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Software report:

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Commit count by author:

    62	Paul Govan

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Paper file info:

📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 468

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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License info:

✅ License found: Apache License 2.0 (Valid open source OSI approved license)

[danielskatz]

👋 @paulgovan - thanks, that was the issue. Due to the relatively small amount of code, the editors will now discuss if it meets the substantial scholarly effort criterion for review by JOSS. You should hear back in a week or so.

[danielskatz]

@editorialbot query scope

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Submission flagged for editorial review.

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👋 @paulgovan - I'm sorry to say that after discussion amongst the JOSS editors, we have decided that this submission does not meet the substantial scholarly effort criterion for review by JOSS. Please see https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/submitting.html#other-venues-for-reviewing-and-publishing-software-packages for other suggestions for how you might receive credit for your work.

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@editorialbot reject

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Paper rejected.