[PRE REVIEW]: Mozzie: a computationally efficient simulator for the spatio-temporal modelling of mosquitoes

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Submitting author: @WilkAndy (Andy Wilkins)
Repository: https://github.com/csiro-risk-assessment/mozzie
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Editor: @mengqi-z
Reviewers: @emilydolson
Managing EiC: Kevin M. Moerman

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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

✅ OK DOIs

- 10.1093/femspd/fty059 is OK
- 10.1186/s12936-018-2442-y is OK
- 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.2_suppl.0750001 is OK
- 10.1111/1365-2664.12133 is OK
- 10.1111/2041-210X.13318 is OK
- 10.1007/s12080-022-00528-y is OK
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0297964 is OK
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0194573 is OK
- 10.1186/s12936-018-2197-5 is OK
- 10.1186/1475-2875-8-223 is OK
- 10.1016/j.mbs.2012.11.013 is OK
- 10.1016/j.camwa.2013.03.024 is OK
- 10.1016/j.matcom.2017.10.012 is OK
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0151217 is OK
- 10.1186/s13071-018-2829-1 is OK
- 10.1186/s13071-020-04426-2 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jde.2020.04.034 is OK
- 10.1007/s00285-023-02031-2 is OK
- 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009526 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jtbi.2019.110072 is OK
- 10.1109/MCSE.2010.118 is OK
- 10.25919/2t8h-5k81 is OK
- 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010684 is OK
- 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010863 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmaa.2017.07.051 is OK
- 10.1038/ncomms4977 is OK

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- No DOI given, and none found for title: Gaps in Globular Cluster Streams: Pal 5 and the Ga...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Skeeter Buster: a stochastic, spatially explicit m...

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- 10.1101/2023.09.09.556958 may be a valid DOI for title: MGDrivE 3: A decoupled vector-human framework for ...
- 10.1080/17513750902803588 may be a valid DOI for title: A note on the nonautonomous delay Beverton–Holt mo...

❌ INVALID DOIs

- None

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Commit count by author:

   322	WilkAndy
   106	nickbeeton
    11	Nick Beeton
     5	Keith R Hayes
     4	Maud El-Hachem
     3	ghosack
     1	Andy Wilkins

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Paper file info:

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✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@editorialbot invite @mengqi-z as editor

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Invitation to edit this submission sent!

[Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman]

@mengqi-z I was wondering if you could help edit this submission. It may be somewhat off topic, but I figured your geospatial research expertise may be applicable.

[WilkAndy]

Confirming that:

- 10.1101/2023.09.09.556958 may be a valid DOI for title: MGDrivE 3: A decoupled vector-human framework for ...
- 10.1080/17513750902803588 may be a valid DOI for title: A note on the nonautonomous delay Beverton–Holt mo...

are correct DOIs.

[mengqi-z]

@editorialbot assign me as editor

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Assigned! @mengqi-z is now the editor

[mengqi-z]

👋 @kerguler @dinacmistry @GilChrist19 @yafeiwang89 - Would any of you be interested and available to review this submission for JOSS? The review process is straightforward, handled through GitHub issues, and follows a checklist-driven approach: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html

If you are unable to take on this review, I would greatly appreciate any recommendations for other potential reviewers with relevant expertise.

[mengqi-z]

👋 @jkbren @emilydolson @chryswoods @bramvandijk88 - Would you be willing and available to review this submission for JOSS? We carry out our checklist-driven reviews here in GitHub issues and follow these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html

[bramvandijk88]

Maybe a little later this fall, but not for the next few weeks, sorry 😔

[emilydolson]

I would be happy to!

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@emilydolson added to the reviewers list!

[mengqi-z]

Maybe a little later this fall, but not for the next few weeks, sorry 😔

That's totally fine! Thank you for getting back to me so quickly, I really appreciate it!

[chryswoods]

Sorry - I'm on leave now for a bit and won't be able to make time to review.

[mengqi-z]

Sorry - I'm on leave now for a bit and won't be able to make time to review.

@chryswoods No worries! Thanks for letting me know.