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rOpenSci Dev Guide 1.0.0: Trilingual and Improved

Updates in version 1.0.0 of the online book ‘rOpenSci Packages: Development, Maintenance, and Peer Review’

Software Review in the Era of AI: What We Are Testing at rOpenSci

rOpenSci is testing preliminary policies on the use of generative AI tools, with proposed updates to documentation and procedures for authors submitting software for review, for editors, and for reviewers.

rOpenSci News Digest, February 2026

AI policy for software review, champions program, coworking, new packages, package news

Our forum is closed but our community is not!

Why we’re closing our forum, how to keep participating in our community

Paleontology R Packages to Benefit from Software Sustainability Institute Grant

A grant from the Software Sustainability Institute will go towards improving the sustainability and maintainability of R packages used in paleontological research.

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