This package provides tools for dealing with the metadata for the R Journal. The overall goal of the package is to automate common tasks performed by the editors, particularly the editor-in-chief.
The jss package has been archived from CRAN, but can be installed from its R forge site, as follows:
install.packages("jss", repos = "http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
Then install rj using:
remotes::install_github("rjournal/rj")
New editors should be added to the list of editors in R/email.r.
Each submission consists of a directory containing the submission, any correspondence, and a DESCRIPTION file. The DESCRIPTION is a DCF (debian control file) file, made up of entries of the following form.
Title: Exploring the wonderful world of R
Authors:
"John Smith" <john.smith@gmail.com>
Editor: Hadley Wickham
Reviewers:
"Marleen Harris" <marline.harris@hotmail.com>,
"Roger Swansong" <iloveswans52@yahoo.com>
Status:
2012-05-04 submitted,
2012-05-18 acknowledged [optional comment],
2012-09-12 out for review,
2012-10-12 minor revision,
2012-11-12 accepted,
2012-12-12 proofed,
2013-01-01 published
Most of these fields are self-explanatory, apart from the Status field, which needs a little more detail. Some statuses can be automatically determined:
- If editor field is blank, then status is "Needs editor"
- If reviewers field is blank, then status is "Needs reviewers"
See valid_status for a list of all known statuses, and todo() for the next action to be taken based on each status.
# First install the jss package from R-forge
install.packages("jss", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
# Then install rj
remotes::install_github("rjournal/rj")
library(rj)
# Make sure your working directory in the articles directory then:
as.article("2010-15")
new_id()
report()
# Accept, reject or withdraw an article, by updating status, moving to
# correct directory and drafting emails.
accept("2010-15")
reject("2010-15")
withdraw("2010-15")
# Similarly, once you have updated the DESCRIPTION you can use
invite_reviewers("2010-15")
# to send out reviewer invites
# You can draft an email from any template in the inst/templates directory
# with email_template
email_template("2010-15", "accept-major")
email_template("2010-15", "online")
# The editor in chief can run
get_submissions()
# to download all pending submission and automatically draft
# acknowledgement emails.