# Welcome to the pyOpenSci Software Peer Review Guidebook!

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

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Get a basic overview of our open peer review process for Python scientific open source
software.
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We review packages that support scientists creating open science workflows.
Learn about the scope of the packages that we review.
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Are you a package author / maintainer? ✨

Learn how to submit a package for peer review with pyOpenSci.
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✨ Our editor guide will walk you through the editorial process. ✨
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Are you a reviewer? ✨

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

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

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**pyOpenSci Peer Review Badge will appear on the README.md file of packages that have been
reviewed and vetted by us.**
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About </about/intro>
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Partnerships <partners/scientific-communities>
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Review Guides <how-to/author-guide>

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