Welcome to the pyOpenSci Software Peer Review Guidebook!#

pyOpenSci is a diverse community that supports the open Python tools that drive open science.

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Learn About Software Peer Review

Get a basic overview of our open peer review process for Python scientific open source software.

Package Scope (What We Review)

Learn about the scope of the packages that we review.

Authors Guide

Are you a package author / maintainer? ✨

Learn how to submit a package for peer review with pyOpenSci.

Editors Guide

✨ Our editor guide will walk you through the editorial process. ✨

For Reviewers

Are you a reviewer? ✨

Click here to read our reviewer guide which will walk you through the review process step-by-step.

Our Partners

Scientific Community Partnerships ✨

We partner with other scientific communities. Learn about our partnerships with JOSS and Pangeo.

Why pyOpenSci?#

pyOpenSci promotes open and reproducible research through peer-review of scientific Python packages. We also build technical capacity by providing a curated repository of high-quality packages and enabling scientists to write and share their own software. We hope to foster a greater sense of community among scientific Python users so that we can help each other become better programmers and researchers.

The pyOpenSci badge- On the left is the badge in grey and it says pyOpenSci. On the right it is bright green and says Peer Reviewed.

pyOpenSci Peer Review Badge will appear on the README.md file of packages that have been reviewed and vetted by us.#