[JOSS] - state of the field

[fnattino]

The manuscript submitted to JOSS reads well and nicely summarises the functionality of Thermofun.
However, no reference to other software packages with similar scope is made in the draft. A quick search brought up packages like Thermo and PYroMat - do these or other packages provide similar functionalities as Thermofun?

[gdmiron]

Manuscript was updated with the following section

Codes with similar functionalities

ThermoFun is an open source library that serves as a common source of ever-expanding thermodynamic models for standard properties of substances and reactions. If ThermoFun does not meet your needs, there are other alternatives that offer similar functionality, potentially using different methods, and sometimes embedded in larger applications. The following list is of codes that share some functionality with ThermoFun, but is not exhaustive:

Name	Language	Reference	Source
Cantera	C++, Python, Matlab	[cantera]	Open
CHNOSZ	R, Python	[Dick2019]	Open
coolprop	C++	[Bell2014]	Open
DEWPython	Python	[Chan2021]	Open
GeoTPD	R-Shiny	[Bastrakov2019]	Closed
PyGCC	Python	[AWOLAYO2022]	Open
pyromat	Python	[Martin2022]	Open
Reaktoro	C++, Python	[Leal2017]	Open
REFPPROP	FORTRAN	[Huber2022]	Closed
SteamTables	C++, Web	[megawatsoft]	Closed
SUPCRT92	Fortran	[JOHNSON1992]	Open
SUPCRTBL	Fortran	[ZIMMER2016]	Closed
Thermo	Python	[bell]	Open
ThermoEngine	C++, Python	[thermoengine]	Open