rOpenSci

Stefanie Butland

## rOpenSci HQ

We're thrilled to [announce three new rOpenSci Software Review
Editors](/blog/2020/10/27/editors2020/): Laura DeCicco, Julia Gustavsen,
and Mauro Lepore and we released the fifth version (v0.5) of the
[rOpenSci Developer Guide](/blog/2020/10/22/devguide-0.5.0/).

Our Community Call on The Wild World of Data Repositories took place Dec
16 with an audience of 153 people! The [video will be
posted](/commcalls/dec2020-datarepos/), along with collaborative notes
and resources, by Dec 21.

## Software Peer Review

2 community-contributed packages passed [software peer
review](/software-review/).

- **[phonfieldwork](https://docs.ropensci.org/phonfieldwork/)** -
  Linguistic Phonetic Fieldwork Tools. Author: [George
  Moroz](https://github.com/agricolamz); Reviewers: [Jonathan
  Keane](https://github.com/jonkeane), [Niko
  Partanen](https://github.com/nikopartanen); Read the
  [Review](https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/385)

- **[SymbiotaR2](https://github.com/ropensci/SymbiotaR2)** - Downloading
  data from Symbiota2 portals into R. Author: [Austin
  Koontz](https://github.com/akoontz11); Reviewers: [Ben
  Bond-Lamberty](https://github.com/bpbond), [Scott
  Chamberlain](https://github.com/sckott); Read the
  [Review](https://github.com/ropensci/onboarding/issues/373)

6 packages have been submitted for review.

We will not be accepting new submissions during the period Dec 19-Jan 3,
nor engaging in editorial activity on reviews underway. Happy Holidays!

*Consider [submitting your
package](https://devguide.ropensci.org/softwarereviewintro.html) or
[volunteering to
review](https://devguide.ropensci.org/softwarereviewintro.html#whyreview).
If you want to be a reviewer fill out [this short
form](https://ropensci.org/onboarding/), and we'll ping you when there's
a submission that fits in your area of expertise.*

## Software

7 new packages on CRAN.

- **[allcontributors](https://ropenscilabs.github.io/allcontributors/)** -
  to acknowledge all contributors in your 'README' (or elsewhere).
  Author: [Mark Padgham](/author/mark-padgham/)

- **[BaseSet](https://docs.ropensci.org/BaseSet/)** - working with sets
  the tidy way. Author: [Lluís Revilla Sancho](https://github.com/llrs)

- **[dataspice](https://docs.ropensci.org/dataspice/)** - create
  lightweight Schema.org descriptions of data. Author: [Bryce
  Mecum](https://github.com/amoeba)

- **[mcbette](https://docs.ropensci.org/mcbette/)** - model comparison
  using babette. Author: [Richèl J.C.
  Bilderbeek](/author/rich%C3%A8l-j.c.-bilderbeek/)

- **[outsider](https://docs.ropensci.org/outsider/)** - Install and Run
  Programs, Outside of R, Inside of R. Author: [Dom
  Bennett](https://github.com/DomBennett)

- **[rgnparser](https://ropensci.github.io/rgnparser/)** - parse
  scientific names using the Go tool gnparser. Author: [Scott
  Chamberlain](/author/scott-chamberlain/)

- **[taxlist](https://docs.ropensci.org/taxlist/)** - handling taxonomic
  lists. Author: [Miguel Alvarez](https://github.com/kamapu)

## On the Blog

#### From the community

- [Covidpreprints.com: Automating Website Updates with the **europepmc**
  and **rAltmetric** Packages](/blog/2020/10/13/covidpreprints/) by
  [Zhang-He Goh](/author/zhang-he-goh/), [Jonny
  Coates](/author/jonny-coates/), and [Hugo
  Gruson](/author/hugo-gruson/)

- [Searching medRxiv and bioRxiv Preprint
  Data](/blog/2020/10/20/searching-medrxivr-and-biorxiv-preprint-data/)
  by [Luke McGuinness](/author/luke-mcguinness/)

- [Using Open-Access Tools (**rentrez**, **taxize**) to Find
  Coronaviruses, Their Genetic Sequences, and Their
  Hosts](/blog/2020/11/10/coronaviruses-and-hosts/) by [Liam
  Brierley](/author/liam-brierley/)

- [Selecting the Best Phylogenetic Evolutionary
  Model](/blog/2020/12/01/mcbette-selecting-the-best-inference-model/)
  by [Richèl J.C. Bilderbeek](/author/rich%C3%A8l-j.c.-bilderbeek/)

- [Accessing GrahpQL from R](/blog/2020/12/08/accessing-grahpql-in-r/)
  by [Dennis Irorere](/author/dennis-irorere/) and [Scott
  Chamberlain](/author/scott-chamberlain/)

#### From the rOpenSci team

- [**fulltext**: Behind the
  Scenes](/technotes/2020/11/17/fulltext-story/) Tech note by [Scott
  Chamberlain](/author/scott-chamberlain/)

- [Moving away from Travis
  CI](/technotes/2020/11/19/moving-away-travis/) Tech note by [Jeroen
  Ooms](/author/jeroen-ooms/)

- [Installing **V8** is now even
  easier](/technotes/2020/11/12/installing-v8/) Tech note by [Jeroen
  Ooms](/author/jeroen-ooms/)

- [2 Months in 2 Minutes - rOpenSci News, October
  2020](/blog/2020/10/15/news-oct2020/) by [Stefanie
  Butland](/author/stefanie-butland/)

## Use Cases

- 63 published works cited or used rOpenSci software (listed in
  individual newsletters)

- 5 use cases for our packages or resources were posted in our
  [discussion forum](https://discuss.ropensci.org/c/usecases). Look for
  **av**, **magick**, **osmdata**, **rnaturalearth**, **rtweet**,
  **stplanr**, **taxlist**

*Have you used an rOpenSci package? [Share your use
case](https://discuss.ropensci.org/c/usecases) and we'll tweet about
it.*

## Get involved with rOpenSci

We maintain a [Contributing Guide](https://contributing.ropensci.org/)
to help you recognize yourself as a potential contributor. (You don't
have to be a developer!) It will help you figure out what you might gain
by giving your time, expertise, and experience; match your needs with
things that will help our mission; and connect you with resources to
help you along the way.

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rOpenSci HQ   We’re thrilled to announce three new rOpenSci Software Review Editors: Laura DeCicco, Julia Gustavsen, and Mauro Lepore and we released the fifth version (v0.5) of the rOpenSci Developer Guide. Our Community Call on The Wild World of Data Repositories took place Dec 16 with an audience of 153 people!

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2 Months in 2 Minutes - rOpenSci News, December 2020