Joss-reviews: [PRE REVIEW]: PyCS3: A Python toolbox for time-delay measurements in lensed quasars

[whedon]

Submitting author: @martin-millon (Martin Millon)
Repository: https://gitlab.com/cosmograil/PyCS3
Version: v3.0.2
Editor: @arfon
Reviewers: @danhey, @coljac
Managing EiC: Daniel S. Katz

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Statistical information for the repository '2649' was gathered on 2020/09/08.
The following historical commit information, by author, was found:

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

OK DOIs

- 10.1051/0004-6361/202037740 is OK
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201220123 is OK
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201526704 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stw3006 is OK
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201935921 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stz3094 is OK
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201220352 is OK
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201833287 is OK
- 10.1088/0004-637X/800/1/11 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stx483 is OK
- 10.1038/s42254-019-0137-0 is OK
- 10.1086/170951 is OK

MISSING DOIs

- None

INVALID DOIs

- None

[whedon]

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[danielskatz]

👋 @martin-millon - Is this submission associated with a AAS paper submission?

[danielskatz]

👋 @dfm - would you be willing to edit this submission?

[danielskatz]

@whedon invite @dfm as editor

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@dfm has been invited to edit this submission.

[arfon]

@danielskatz - I can take this one.

[arfon]

@whedon assign me as editor

[whedon]

OK, the editor is @arfon

[arfon]

:wave: @martin-millon if you have any suggestions for potential reviewers then please mention them here in this thread (without tagging them with an @). In addition, this list of people have already agreed to review for JOSS and may be suitable for this submission (please start at the bottom of the list).

[martin-millon]

@danielskatz This submission is not associated with any particular AAS publication but we used this software for several of our papers published in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

@arfon I think that the reviewer would need some knowledge in astronomy, cosmology and python. Based on your list, I would suggest as potential reviewer : cavestruz, Teuben, astrom-tom, coljac, danhey, aureliocarner, Deech08,htugcas, cmillion, KshitijAggarwal, samvaughan, christinahedges.

[arfon]

:wave: @coljac, @cavestruz, @danhey - would any of you be willing to review this submission for JOSS? We carry out our checklist-driven reviews here in GitHub issues and follow these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reviewer_guidelines.html

[danhey]

Hi @arfon, I am available to review.

[coljac]

@arfon - I could do this; apologies to the authors, I may need more than a week before I can commence.

[arfon]

@whedon add @danhey as reviewer

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OK, @danhey is now a reviewer

[arfon]

@whedon add @coljac as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, @coljac is now a reviewer

[arfon]

@whedon start review

[whedon]

OK, I've started the review over in https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/2654.

[arfon]

@danhey, @coljac - thanks for agreeing to review this submission - see you over in #2654 where the actual review will take place.