[rkward-devel] JSS paper, round 2

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

Hi,

On Sunday 05 December 2010, Prasenjit Kapat wrote:
> Finally, I have my version in svn. It is in the
> commented_version/...._pk.odt. I've mainly added few lines on the plot
> history feature and edited a few things here and there, nothing major.

I haven't looked at your version, yet, but a few answers to your questions:
 
> On first impression, this seems like a long draft. I have not seen any
> of the JSS papers. Any idea, how long these papers are typically?

Our draft is quite long, and I wouldn't be too surprised, if reviewers will 
tell us to reduce this a bit. However, looking at a couple of the recent 
papers (http://www.jstatsoft.org/v37) we don't seem to be completely off 
limits. Of course the question of what exactly the editors expect an article 
for the R GUIs special issue to look like is a good question.

> Do they allow color figures? Some journals ask the authors to pay for them.

For all I know, there is no printed version of the JSS at all, so this should 
not be an issue. Other articles do have color figures.

> Do they allow footnotes?

I can't find any statement on footnotes, but other articles do have footnotes.

> I am not sure how Stefan is planning, but we may need to create a tex
> version once we reach a stable enough draft to get a better idea of
> the length and format.

Well, the deadline for submission is December, 31st. So I guess we should aim 
to have a stable draft (i.e. complete content) next weekend, and start to 
focus on the conversion to tex and the fine points (spelling, language, style, 
etc.) directly after. Stefan, do you have a tentative schedule?

Regards
Thomas
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