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Software Peer Review

rOpenSci’s Software Peer Review program brings together scientists and software engineers to improve the quality, reliability, and maintainability of scientific R packages through a transparent, constructive, non adversarial, and open review process. We bring together the best aspects of scientific peer review and open-source code review: recruiting expert developers and users to provide feedback, careful moderation and mentorship to provide a productive and inclusive environment, code diagnostics based on rOpenSci’s deep experience in the R language, chatbot-supported interactions, and automation on open platforms for a smooth experience.

Together, we use the peer review process to curate a suite of high quality packages and a community of developers and users to support the long-term development and maintenance of scientific software. rOpenSci’s software peer-review relies on the volunteer work of editors, who manage the incoming flow and ensure progress of submissions; authors who create, submit and improve their packages; and reviewers, who examine software source code and documentation.

rOpenSci’s peer review focuses on scientific applications, and we accept submissions of packages related to our two software-review streams of scientific data lifecycles and statistical algorithms. You can read more about our standards, process, and how to participate in peer review in our development guide and our guide for statistical software.

Resources

Our Editorial Team

Our editorial board members are volunteers.

Mauro Lepore
Theia Finance Labs
editor
Julia Gustavsen
Agroscope
editor
Emily Riederer
Capital One
editor
Rebecca Killick
Lancaster University
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Anna Krystalli
Research Software Engineering consultant / Data Scientist
editor
Margaret Siple
NOAA AFSC Groundfish Assessment Program - RACE division
editor
Maëlle Salmon
Research Software Engineer
staff • developer • editor
Emi Tanaka
Biological Data Science Institute, Australian National University
editor
Noam Ross
Executive Director
Software Review Lead • editor
Jouni Helske
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
editor
Mark Padgham
Software Research Scientist
staff • researcher • developer • editor
Beatriz Milz
editor
Adam Sparks
Curtin University
editor
Laura DeCicco
USGS
editor
Toby Hocking
Northern Arizona University
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Jeff Hollister
US Environmental Protection Agency
editor

Former editors and advisory board

Ben Bolker
McMaster University
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Lincoln Mullen
George Mason University
editor
Stephanie Hicks
Johns Hopkins University
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Paula Moraga
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Leonardo Collado-Torres
Lieber Institute for Brain Development
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Melina Vidoni
RMIT University
editor
Scott Chamberlain
Technical Lead
staff • cofounder • editor • developer
Brooke Anderson
Colorado State University
editor

Volunteer for rOpenSci

We welcome both code and non-code contributions. Read our Contributing Guide to learn how.

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