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@joss, the Journal of Open Source Software, is now in the fediverse. The journal is remarkable for multiple reasons, with one reason being that papers are authored in and processed by .
joss.theoj.org/

joss.theoj.orgJournal of Open Source SoftwareJournal of Open Source Software (JOSS) is a developer friendly, open access journal for research software packages.
Matt Kramer

If only @joss was around while I was in grad school, I would have had way more papers! I'm so glad to see this trend in academia and the recognition that good software is worthy of publication.

@mattkram @joss one issue for the wider audience is that is not included in all databases (e.g. ), thus it has less visibility. Moreover, it not indexed in or to get ''meaningful'' measures like the .
For those who need numbers:
(exaly.com/journal/106890/journ) and cover it.
However, I see the merits of their approach and can tell that the review/publishing process is .

ExalyJournal of Open Source Software impact factor and...The 2021 impact factor of Journal of Open Source Software is 5, making it among the top 2% journals. The journal covers the disciplines of Software Engineering

@devSJR @mattkram @joss Is that because they don't want to be indexed? Or because they can't, for some technical or non-technical reason?