Joss-reviews: [PRE REVIEW]: survPen: an R package for hazard and excess hazard modelling with multidimensional penalized splines

[whedon]

Submitting author: @fauvernierma (Mathieu Fauvernier)
Repository: https://github.com/fauvernierma/survPen
Version: v1.1.0
Editor: @csoneson
Reviewers: @corybrunson, @seabbs

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[whedon]

Attempting PDF compilation. Reticulating splines etc...

[whedon]

Failed to discover a valid open source license.

[whedon]

:point_right: Check article proof :page_facing_up: :point_left:

[kyleniemeyer]

@csoneson would you be able to edit this submission?

[kyleniemeyer]

@whedon assign @csoneson as editor

[whedon]

OK, the editor is @csoneson

[fauvernierma]

Hello everyone,

As they are both experts in R and survival analysis, I think that @becarioprecario and @adibender would make appropriate reviewers for the survPen package.

Do you agree ?

[csoneson]

@kyleniemeyer Yes, I can edit this one.

[csoneson]

@fauvernierma - thanks for these suggestions. I agree that they would fit very well as reviewers. @becarioprecario, @adibender, would you be willing to review this JOSS submission?

[csoneson]

@fauvernierma - I had a first quick look at your repository and the paper, and I have a couple of small comments that would be good if you could fix already before we start the review:

• Please add a plain text LICENSE file (you can add it to .Rbuildignore to ignore it when building the package
• Please check the references in the paper. Some of them look a bit weird (e.g. the Uhry _et al_ paper have authors "Group, G.E.W" and "the, C.W.S.G.", and not all words are properly capitalized). Also make sure that a DOI is indicated for all references that have one.

[becarioprecario]

Hi,

I am afraid that I cannot commit to make a review of this right now. I am already very late with another JOS review.

Sorry.

Virgilio

[csoneson]

@becarioprecario No problem, thanks for the quick reply!

[csoneson]

@corybrunson, @seabbs - would you be interested in reviewing this submission for JOSS?

[fauvernierma]

I have added a LICENSE file and all references should be in order now

Thank you

[csoneson]

@whedon generate pdf

[whedon]

Attempting PDF compilation. Reticulating splines etc...

[whedon]

:point_right: Check article proof :page_facing_up: :point_left:

[corybrunson]

@csoneson i would be glad to review. I would expect to finish after one week. (I have only introductory training in survival analysis but the topic interests me.)

[csoneson]

@corybrunson excellent, thank you!
As soon as we find one more reviewer I will open the actual review issue, where you can leave your comments etc.

[seabbs]

@csoneson I would also be happy to review.

Not an expert in survival analysis but I have used mgcv fairly regularly (according to vignettes it has a comparable framework).

[csoneson]

@seabbs perfect. I will add you both as reviewers and open the review issue.

[csoneson]

@whedon assign @corybrunson as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, the reviewer is @corybrunson

[csoneson]

@whedon add @seabbs as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @seabbs is now a reviewer

[csoneson]

@whedon start review

[adibender]

Hello, sorry for late reply, happy to review if still necessary.

[arfon]

@whedon start review

[arfon]

@whedon start review

[whedon]

OK, I've started the review over in https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/1434. Feel free to close this issue now!

[csoneson]

Hi @adibender - thanks for volunteering! I think we are set here - I hope I can come back to you for another paper in the future!

[csoneson]

@corybrunson, @seabbs - let's head over to #1434 for the review!