Joss-reviews: [PRE REVIEW]: SLIX: A Python package for fully automated evaluation of Scattered Light Imaging measurements on brain tissue

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Submitting author: @Thyre (Jan André Reuter)
Repository: https://github.com/3d-pli/SLIX
Version: v1.1
Editor: @oliviaguest
Reviewers: @matteomancini, @rly
Managing EiC: Kristen Thyng

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Software report (experimental):

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Statistical information for the repository '2623' was gathered on 2020/08/31.
The following historical commit information, by author, was found:

Author                     Commits    Insertions      Deletions    % of changes
Jan Andre Reuter                57          7045           4059           97.44
Jan André Reuter                 1           166              0            1.46
Miriam Menzel                    1            61             59            1.05
Reuter, Jan Andre                1             2              2            0.04
mmenzel                          1             1              1            0.02

Below are the number of rows from each author that have survived and are still
intact in the current revision:

Author                     Rows      Stability          Age       % in comments
Jan Andre Reuter            824           11.7          0.6               10.19
Miriam Menzel                52           85.2          0.0                0.00
mmenzel                       1          100.0          0.4                0.00

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

OK DOIs

- 10.1103/PhysRevX.10.021002 is OK

MISSING DOIs

- None

INVALID DOIs

- None

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

[kthyng]

@whedon query scope

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Submission flagged for editorial review.

[Thyre]

I'd like to list up some additional potential reviewers,

• alexrockhill
• agricolab
• Athanasiamo
• rly
• madvn
• peerherholz
• matteomancini
• snastase

[danielskatz]

@Thyre - as I look for an editor, who will then look for reviewers, I wanted to share a comment that we had during our scope discussion: "Looks like it should be added on PyPI and turned into a callable library (that could also offer a CLI)" This is just input, not a requirement.

[danielskatz]

👋 @oliviaguest - I'm sorry to ask again so soon, but could you also take on this submission?

[danielskatz]

@whedon invite @oliviaguest as editor

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@oliviaguest has been invited to edit this submission.

[oliviaguest]

@danielskatz can do!

[oliviaguest]

@whedon assign @oliviaguest as editor

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OK, the editor is @oliviaguest

[oliviaguest]

@whedon add @alexrockhill as reviewer

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OK, @alexrockhill is now a reviewer

[oliviaguest]

@whedon assign @matteomancini as reviewer

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OK, @matteomancini is now a reviewer

[oliviaguest]

@whedon add @rly as reviewer

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OK, @rly is now a reviewer

[oliviaguest]

@whedon start review

[whedon]

OK, I've started the review over in https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/2675.