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 [![CRAN_Status_Badge](https://img.shields.io/cran/v/jointVIP?color=952100)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=jointVIP)
 [![CRAN_Downloads_Badge](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/jointVIP?color=952100)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=jointVIP)
+[![status](https://joss.theoj.org/papers/e129c0419dd539da37625f5517de1124/status.svg)](https://joss.theoj.org/papers/e129c0419dd539da37625f5517de1124)
 [![test-coverage](https://github.com/ldliao/jointVIP/actions/workflows/test-coverage.yaml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/ldliao/jointVIP/actions/workflows/test-coverage.yaml)
 [![Project Status: Active – The project has reached a stable, usable state and is being actively developed.](https://www.repostatus.org/badges/latest/active.svg)](https://www.repostatus.org/#active)
 [![MIT license](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-brightgreen.svg)](https://opensource.org/license/mit/)