write iminuit JOSS paper

[HDembinski]

@cdeil Could you remind me where I can find the paper template that you showed me a while ago?

[cdeil]

It's here: hipspy/hips#125

[HDembinski]

Thanks!

[cdeil]

@HDembinski - do you have time / interest to write a short article for iminuit?

I think it would be very valuable to have, both for users and for us, to have a 1-2 page summary description with references that can be cited.

[matthewfeickert]

Having just recently finished this for pyhf I would encourage submitting to JOSS (when you are able to carve out the time as it does take a bit). It would be excellent to see more of the Scikit-HEP projects get their own JOSS papers and DOIs and iminuit is such a widely used library across physics it would be super addition IMO. 👍

[eduardo-rodrigues]

Congrats on that, @matthewfeickert! Yes, cannot agree more with you.

How much effort was that in the end, say in terms of work-days? JOSS advertises that you can get things prepared in 1h for submission but guess the real piece of work comes afterwards ... Thanks.

[matthewfeickert]

How much effort was that in the end, say in terms of work-days? JOSS advertises that you can get things prepared in 1h for submission but guess the real piece of work comes afterwards ... Thanks.

I think this is highly variable, but JOSS is taking steps to improve the documentation for both submitters and for reviewers. Right now I think things are taking longer in general because of the pandemic and because the review teams are stretched a bit thin.

In terms of just only running the clock while actively writing the paper, responding to requests for clarification and changes in pre-review, interacting with the review team in review, making changes and responding to the reviewers, and the final back and forth with editor and editor in chief I think you're looking at probably under 10 hours. But I think this depends a lot on the communication between the review team and you, and the review may take a few weeks.

Overall I'd say it is worth it.

[eduardo-rodrigues]

Thanks very much @matthewfeickert, that's super useful to know.