rOpenSci

Stefanie Butland

 

### rOpenSci HQ

- rOpenSci Announces a [New \$896k
  Award](/blog/2019/11/06/scientific-package-ecosystem/) From The Gordon
  and Betty Moore Foundation to Improve the Scientific Package Ecosystem
  for R.

- We're excited to announce a new member of our team! [Introducing Mark
  Padgham](/blog/2019/12/03/mark-padgham/), rOpenSci's new Software
  Research Scientist

- [NumFOCUS recognizes Melina Vidoni and Will
  Landau](/blog/2019/11/25/numfocus-awards/) for their contributions to
  rOpenSci.

- Videos, speaker's slides, resources and collaborative notes from our
  Community Call on [Testing in R](/commcalls/2019-12-05/) are posted.

- What would **you** like to hear about in an rOpenSci Community Call?
  We are [soliciting your emoji-votes and new
  ideas](https://github.com/ropensci-org/community-calls) for Community
  Call topics and speakers.

 

### Software Peer Review

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

**[baRcodeR](https://docs.ropensci.org/baRcodeR/)** - Label Creation for
Tracking and Collecting Data from Biological Samples. Author: [Yihan
Wu](https://github.com/yihanwu); Reviewers: [Rayna
Harris](/authors/rayna-harris/), [Lluís
Revilla](https://github.com/llrs); Read the
[Review](https://github.com/ropensci/onboarding/issues/338)

**[eia](https://docs.ropensci.org/eia/)** - API Wrapper for 'US Energy
Information Administration' Open Data. Author: [Matthew
Leonawicz](https://github.com/leonawicz); Reviewers: [David
Ranzolin](/authors/david-ranzolin/), [Philipp
Ottolinger](https://github.com/ottlngr); Read the
[Review](https://github.com/ropensci/onboarding/issues/342)

**[mapscanner](https://github.com/mpadge/mapscanner)** - R package to
print maps, draw on them, and scan them back in. Author: [Mark
Padgham](/authors/mark-padgham/); Reviewers: [Kelly
Hondula](https://github.com/khondula), [Nicholas
Potter](/authors/nicholas-potter/); Read the
[Review](https://github.com/ropensci/onboarding/issues/330)

**[photosearcher](https://docs.ropensci.org/photosearcher/)** - Searches
Flickr for photographs and metadata. Author: [Nathan
Fox](https://github.com/nfox29); Reviewers: [Monica
Gerber](/authors/monica-gerber/), [Zhian
Kamvar](https://github.com/zkamvar); Read the
[Review](https://github.com/ropensci/onboarding/issues/325)

**[workloopR](https://docs.ropensci.org/workloopR/)** - Analysis of Work
Loops and Other Data from Muscle Physiology Experiments. Author: [Vikram
B. Baliga](/authors/vikram-b.-baliga/); Reviewers: [Julia
Romanowska](https://github.com/jromanowska), [Eric
Brown](https://github.com/eebrown); Read the
[Review](https://github.com/ropensci/onboarding/issues/326)

 

*Consider [submitting your
package](https://devguide.ropensci.org/softwarereviewintro.html) or
[volunteering to
review](https://devguide.ropensci.org/softwarereviewintro.html#whyreview).*

 

 

### Software

3 new packages from the community are on CRAN.

- [baRcodeR](https://docs.ropensci.org/baRcodeR/) - Label Creation for
  Tracking and Collecting Data from Biological Samples
- [lightr](https://docs.ropensci.org/lightr/) - Import spectral data and
  related metadata in R
- [mauricer](https://docs.ropensci.org/mauricer/) - Install BEAST2
  packages from R

 

### On the Blog

#### From the rOpenSci team

- [How to precompute package vignettes or pkgdown
  articles](/technotes/2019/12/08/precompute-vignettes/) Tech Note -
  [Jeroen Ooms](/authors/jeroen-ooms/)
- [2 Months in 2 Minutes - rOpenSci News, October
  2019](/blog/2019/10/17/news-oct2019/) - [Stefanie
  Butland](/authors/stefanie-butland/)

#### From the community

- [rmangal: making ecological networks easily
  accessible](/blog/2019/10/21/rmangal/) -- [Kevin
  Cazelles](/authors/kevin-cazelles/), [Steve
  Vissault](/authors/steve-vissault/)
- [(Re)introducing skimr v2 - A year in the life of an open source R
  project](/blog/2019/10/29/skimrv2/) -- [Michael
  Quinn](/authors/michael-quinn/), [Elin Waring](/authors/elin-waring/)
- [tidync: scientific array data from NetCDF in
  R](/blog/2019/11/05/tidync/) - [Michael
  Sumner](/authors/michael-sumner/)
- [workloopR: Analysis of work loops and other data from muscle
  physiology experiments in R](/technotes/2019/11/14/workloopr-release/)
  Tech Note - [Vikram B. Baliga](/authors/vikram-b.-baliga/)
- [rnassqs: accessing USDA agricultural data via
  API](/blog/2019/11/26/rnassqs/) - [Nicholas
  Potter](/authors/nicholas-potter/)

<figure>
<img src="/img/blog-images/2019-12-20-news-dec2019/2months2mins_hex.png"
alt="hex logos from rnassqs, rmangal, workloopR, skimr packages" />
</figure>

 

### Use Cases

- 51 published works cited or used rOpenSci software (listed in
  individual newsletters)
- 9 use cases for our packages or resources were posted in our
  [discussion forum](https://discuss.ropensci.org/c/usecases) Look for
  crminer, magick, rcrossref, rerddap, rorcid, tabulizer, tidyhydat,
  tidync, weathercan.

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

 

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rOpenSci HQ   rOpenSci Announces a New $896k Award From The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to Improve the Scientific Package Ecosystem for R.  We’re excited to announce a new member of our team! Introducing Mark Padgham, rOpenSci’s new Software Research Scientist  NumFOCUS recognizes Melina Vidoni and Will Landau for their contributions to rOpenSci.

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