[PRE REVIEW]: AstroLink: A Python package for robust and interpretable astrophysical clustering

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Submitting author: @william-h-oliver (William Oliver)
Repository: https://github.com/william-h-oliver/astrolink
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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

OK DOIs

- 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04912.x is OK
- 10.1088/0067-0049/182/2/608 is OK
- 10.1088/0004-637x/762/2/109 is OK
- 10.1017/pasa.2019.12 is OK
- 10.1086/152650 is OK
- 10.1086/163168 is OK
- 10.1086/340957 is OK
- 10.1086/177418 is OK
- 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18690.x is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stx2937 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/sty912 is OK
- 10.1088/0004-637x/703/1/1061 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/staa3879 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stac1701 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stae1029 is OK

MISSING DOIs

- None

INVALID DOIs

- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629719 is INVALID because of 'https://doi.org/' prefix

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Software report:

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Commit count by author:

    71	william-h-oliver

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Paper file info:

📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 759

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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License info:

🟡 License found: Other (Check here for OSI approval)

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@editorialbot query scope

@william-h-oliver — Thanks for your submission! Given the small size and history of this code base, I have submitted this pre-review for editorial review (see the "substantial scholarly effort" criterion). This usually takes a week or two and I'll report back here as soon as I hear back from the rest of the editorial board.

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Submission flagged for editorial review.

[william-h-oliver]

Fixed invalid doi

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[william-h-oliver]

Hi @dfm, I was wondereing if I could get an update on the progress of the pre-review?

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@william-h-oliver — I'm so sorry about the slow turnaround on this! We've had a real backlog coming out of the summer and everything has been slow here at JOSS, but we're catching up now. Thank you for your patience!!

Unfortunately, in the end, the editorial team has decided that this submission does not satisfy our criteria for "substantial scholarly effort" given the small size and history of the code base. This means that we won't move this submission on to review, because it is not considered in scope for JOSS. I want to emphasize that this is not a judgement of the quality of the work, and I recommend considering other venues for publishing your software or otherwise creating a citable entity (some suggestions can be found here).

Thanks again for your patience, and I'm sorry about the negative outcome on the scope query!

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Paper rejected.