Journal of Open Source Software

The Journal of Open Source Software is a peer-reviewedopen-accessscientific journal covering open-source software from any research discipline. The journal was founded in 2016 by editors Arfon Smith, Kyle Niemeyer, Dan Katz, Kevin Moerman, and Karthik Ram. The is Arfon Smith (Space Telescope Science Institute). The journal is a sponsored project of and an affiliate of the Open Source Initiative. The journal uses GitHub as publishing platform.

The journal was established in May 2016 and in its first year published 111 articles. It has been discussed by its editors in several peer-reviewed papers which describe its publishing model and its effectiveness.