Journal of Open Source Software

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{{Infobox journal

| title = Journal of Open Source Software

| cover = JOSS.png

| editor = Arfon Smith

| discipline = Software engineering

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| abbreviation = J. Open Source Softw.

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| frequency = Continuous, upon acceptance

| history = 2016–present

| openaccess = Yes

| license = CC-BY 4.0

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| website = http://joss.theoj.org

| link2 = http://joss.theoj.org/papers

| link2-name = Online archive

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| OCLC = 971252162

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| eISSN = 2475-9066

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The Journal of Open Source Software is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering open-source software from any research discipline.{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Arfon M. |last2=Niemeyer |first2=Kyle E. |last3=Katz |first3=Daniel S. |last4=Barba |first4=Lorena A. |last5=Githinji |first5=George |last6=Gymrek |first6=Melissa |last7=Huff |first7=Kathryn D. |last8=Madan |first8=Christopher R. |last9=Cabunoc Mayes |first9=Abigail |last10=Moerman |first10=Kevin M. |last11=Prins |first11=Pjotr |last12=Ram |first12=Karthik |last13=Rokem |first13=Ariel |last14=Teal |first14=Tracy K. |last15=Valls Guimera |first15=Roman |last16=Vanderplas |first16=Jacob T. |title=Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review |journal=PeerJ Computer Science |volume=4 |year=2018 |pages=e147 |issn=2376-5992 |doi=10.7717/peerj-cs.147 |pmid=32704456 |pmc=7340488 |doi-access=free}}{{cite journal |last1=Boehmke |first1=Bradley C. |last2=Hazen |first2=Benjamin T. |title=The Future of Supply Chain Information Systems: The Open Source Ecosystem |journal=Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management |date=21 February 2017 |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=163–168 |doi=10.1007/s40171-017-0152-x|s2cid=168774982 }}{{cite journal |last1=Hwang |first1=Lorraine |last2=Fish |first2=Allison |last3=Soito |first3=Laura |last4=Smith |first4=MacKenzie |last5=Kellogg |first5=Louise H. |title=Software and the Scientist: Coding and Citation Practices in Geodynamics |journal=Earth and Space Science |date=November 2017 |volume=4 |issue=11 |pages=670–680 |doi=10.1002/2016EA000225|bibcode=2017E&SS....4..670H |doi-access=free }} The journal was founded in 2016 by editors Arfon Smith, Kyle Niemeyer, Dan Katz, Kevin Moerman, and Karthik Ram.{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Madison|date=9 May 2016|title=Journal of Open Source Software helps researchers write and publish papers on software - SD Times|work=SD Times|url=https://sdtimes.com/journal-of-open-source-software-helps-researchers-write/journal-open-source-software-helps-researchers-write-publish-papers-software/}} The editor-in-chief is Arfon Smith (Space Telescope Science Institute).{{cite news |last1=Singh Chawla |first1=Dalmeet |title=Open Source Software Deleted? A Code Archive Could Help |url=https://undark.org/article/software-heritage-source-code-archive/ |accessdate=8 September 2018 |work=Undark |date=5 February 2018}} The journal is a sponsored project of NumFOCUS and an affiliate of the Open Source Initiative.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2017/04/04/joss-gives-computational-scientists-their-academic-due |title=TechBlog: JOSS gives computational scientists their academic due |website=Naturejobs Blog |last1=Perkel |first1=Jeffrey |date=4 April 2017 |accessdate=10 August 2018 |archive-date=23 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723185211/http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2017/04/04/joss-gives-computational-scientists-their-academic-due/ |url-status=dead }} The journal uses GitHub as publishing platform.{{cite journal |last1=Rougier |first1=Nicolas P. |last2=Hinsen |first2=Konrad |last3=Alexandre |first3=Frédéric |last4=Arildsen |first4=Thomas |last5=Barba |first5=Lorena A. |last6=Benureau |first6=Fabien C.Y. |last7=Brown |first7=C. Titus |last8=de Buyl |first8=Pierre |last9=Caglayan |first9=Ozan |last10=Davison |first10=Andrew P. |last11=Delsuc |first11=Marc-André |last12=Detorakis |first12=Georgios |last13=Diem |first13=Alexandra K. |last14=Drix |first14=Damien |last15=Enel |first15=Pierre |last16=Girard |first16=Benoît |last17=Guest |first17=Olivia |last18=Hall |first18=Matt G. |last19=Henriques |first19=Rafael N. |last20=Hinaut |first20=Xavier |last21=Jaron |first21=Kamil S. |last22=Khamassi |first22=Mehdi |last23=Klein |first23=Almar |last24=Manninen |first24=Tiina |last25=Marchesi |first25=Pietro |last26=McGlinn |first26=Daniel |last27=Metzner |first27=Christoph |last28=Petchey |first28=Owen |last29=Plesser |first29=Hans Ekkehard |last30=Poisot |first30=Timothée |last31=Ram |first31=Karthik |last32=Ram |first32=Yoav |last33=Roesch |first33=Etienne |last34=Rossant |first34=Cyrille |last35=Rostami |first35=Vahid |last36=Shifman |first36=Aaron |last37=Stachelek |first37=Joseph |last38=Stimberg |first38=Marcel |last39=Stollmeier |first39=Frank |last40=Vaggi |first40=Federico |last41=Viejo |first41=Guillaume |last42=Vitay |first42=Julien |last43=Vostinar |first43=Anya E. |last44=Yurchak |first44=Roman |last45=Zito |first45=Tiziano |title=Sustainable computational science: the ReScience initiative |journal=PeerJ Computer Science |date=18 December 2017 |volume=3 |pages=e142 |doi=10.7717/peerj-cs.142 |pmid=34722870 |pmc=8530091 |arxiv=1707.04393 |doi-access=free }}

The journal was established in May 2016 and in its first year published 111 articles. It has been discussed by its editors in several peer-reviewed papers which describe its publishing model and its effectiveness.{{cite journal |last1=Katz |first1=Daniel |last2=Niemeyer |first2=Kyle |last3=Smith |first3=Arfon |date=May 2018 |title=Publish Your Software: Introducing the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) |url=https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/cs/2018/03/mcs2018030084-abs.html |journal=Computing in Science & Engineering |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=84–88 |doi=10.1109/MCSE.2018.03221930 |bibcode=2018CSE....20c..84K |access-date=2018-08-10|doi-access=free }}