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[REVIEW]: MITgcm.jl: a Julia Interface to the MITgcm

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Submitting author: @gaelforget (Gael Forget)
Repository: https://github.com/gaelforget/MITgcm.jl
Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): joss
Version: v0.3.2
Editor: @AnjaliSandip
Reviewers: @simone-silvestri, @christophernhill
Archive: Pending

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Reviewer instructions & questions

@simone-silvestri & @christophernhill, your review will be checklist based. Each of you will have a separate checklist that you should update when carrying out your review.
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The reviewer guidelines are available here: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reviewer_guidelines.html. Any questions/concerns please let @AnjaliSandip know.

✨ Please start on your review when you are able, and be sure to complete your review in the next six weeks, at the very latest ✨

Checklists

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Software report:

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Commit count by author:

   395	gaelforget
    12	Gael Forget
     5	jbisits
     4	CompatHelper Julia
     1	Julia TagBot

Paper file info:

πŸ“„ Wordcount for paper.md is 828

βœ… The paper includes a Statement of need section

License info:

βœ… License found: MIT License (Valid open source OSI approved license)

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

OK DOIs

- 10.5194/bg-12-4447-2015 is OK
- 10.5281/zenodo.2653669 is OK
- 10.5281/zenodo.10903961 is OK
- 10.21105/joss.02813 is OK
- 10.21105/joss.04207 is OK
- 10.1101/2023.11.23.568480 is OK
- 10.11578/E3SM/dc.20240301.3 is OK
- 10.1126/sciadv.abf5478 is OK
- 10.1038/s41561-019-0333-7 is OK
- 10.21105/joss.02018 is OK
- 10.21105/joss.04207 is OK
- 10.21105/joss.02813 is OK
- 10.5194/gmd-8-3071-2015 is OK

MISSING DOIs

- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3979671/v1 may be a valid DOI for title: Energy Imbalance in the Sunlit Ocean Layer
- 10.1029/96jc02775 may be a valid DOI for title: A finite-volume, incompressible Navier Stokes mode...
- 10.1016/s1463-5003(03)00009-x may be a valid DOI for title: Conservation of properties in a free surface model
- 10.1016/j.future.2004.11.010 may be a valid DOI for title: An efficient exact adjoint of the parallel MIT gen...

INVALID DOIs

- None

Review checklist for @simone-silvestri

Conflict of interest

  • I confirm that I have read the JOSS conflict of interest (COI) policy and that: I have no COIs with reviewing this work or that any perceived COIs have been waived by JOSS for the purpose of this review.

Code of Conduct

General checks

  • Repository: Is the source code for this software available at the https://github.com/gaelforget/MITgcm.jl?
  • License: Does the repository contain a plain-text LICENSE or COPYING file with the contents of an OSI approved software license?
  • Contribution and authorship: Has the submitting author (@gaelforget) made major contributions to the software? Does the full list of paper authors seem appropriate and complete?
  • Substantial scholarly effort: Does this submission meet the scope eligibility described in the JOSS guidelines
  • Data sharing: If the paper contains original data, data are accessible to the reviewers. If the paper contains no original data, please check this item.
  • Reproducibility: If the paper contains original results, results are entirely reproducible by reviewers. If the paper contains no original results, please check this item.
  • Human and animal research: If the paper contains original data research on humans subjects or animals, does it comply with JOSS's human participants research policy and/or animal research policy? If the paper contains no such data, please check this item.

Functionality

  • Installation: Does installation proceed as outlined in the documentation?
  • Functionality: Have the functional claims of the software been confirmed?
  • Performance: If there are any performance claims of the software, have they been confirmed? (If there are no claims, please check off this item.)

Documentation

  • A statement of need: Do the authors clearly state what problems the software is designed to solve and who the target audience is?
  • Installation instructions: Is there a clearly-stated list of dependencies? Ideally these should be handled with an automated package management solution.
  • Example usage: Do the authors include examples of how to use the software (ideally to solve real-world analysis problems).
  • Functionality documentation: Is the core functionality of the software documented to a satisfactory level (e.g., API method documentation)?
  • Automated tests: Are there automated tests or manual steps described so that the functionality of the software can be verified?
  • Community guidelines: Are there clear guidelines for third parties wishing to 1) Contribute to the software 2) Report issues or problems with the software 3) Seek support

Software paper

  • Summary: Has a clear description of the high-level functionality and purpose of the software for a diverse, non-specialist audience been provided?
  • A statement of need: Does the paper have a section titled 'Statement of need' that clearly states what problems the software is designed to solve, who the target audience is, and its relation to other work?
  • State of the field: Do the authors describe how this software compares to other commonly-used packages?
  • Quality of writing: Is the paper well written (i.e., it does not require editing for structure, language, or writing quality)?
  • References: Is the list of references complete, and is everything cited appropriately that should be cited (e.g., papers, datasets, software)? Do references in the text use the proper citation syntax?

@christophernhill, Do you still have the time to review this submission?

@simone-silvestri How close are you to completing the review?

@AnjaliSandip I am almost halfway through, I will finish it by next week.