[R] Journal for R

[Peter Dalgaard]

Gavin Simpson wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 15:01 +0200, Christophe Genolini wrote:
>   
>> Hi the list
>>
>> I made up a new statistical procedure. I will publish it in a medical 
>> journal, but there will be only the way of using it, no calculation or 
>> algorithme detail.
>> So is there a journal (I mean scientific journal) with selection commity 
>> to submit an article describing the detail of a package?
>>     
>
> There may be others, perhaps dedicated to a particular area of study
> (e.g. Computers and Geosciences, and Ecological Modelling might be
> appropriate places for the broad area of environmetrics), but the
> Journal of Statistical Software is an obvious choice for what you
> describe.
>
> www.jstatsoft.org
>
> HTH
>
> G
>   
Also, let me remind you and others that R News is also peer reviewed 
(although not yet indexed).
It specifically includes solicits short to medium length articles of the 
following kinds

    * Changes in R: new features of the latest release
    * Changes on CRAN: new add-on packages, manuals, binary
      distributions, mirrors,...
    * Add-on packages: short introductions to or reviews of R extension
      packages
    * Programmer's Niche: nifty hints for programming in R (or S)
    * Hints for newcomers: Explaining sides of R that might not be so
      obvious from reading the manuals and FAQs.
    * Applications: Examples of analyzing data with R

Lengthier papers are probably better placed in the JSS, JCGS 
(J.Computational and Graphical Statistics), or CSDA (Computational 
Statistics and Data Analysis), depending on contents. For in-depth 
descriptions of packages, JSS has become quite popular in recent years

    -pd
    (Current associate editor for R News, past AE for JSS)

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