[PRE REVIEW]: AstronomyCalc: A python toolkit for teaching Astronomical Calculations and Data Analysis methods

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Submitting author: @sambit-giri (Sambit Kumar Giri)
Repository: https://github.com/sambit-giri/AstronomyCalc
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Version: v1.0
Editor: Pending
Reviewers: Pending
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   109	sambit-giri
     9	Sambit Kumar Giri

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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

✅ OK DOIs

- 10.1016/j.physrep.2006.08.002 is OK
- 10.1088/0034-4885/75/8/086901 is OK
- 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21293.x is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stx2539 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stt1341 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stv2679 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stx649 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stz1220 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stz2224 is OK
- 10.1088/1475-7516/2019/02/058 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/sty1786 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stv571 is OK
- 10.1007/s10686-013-9334-5 is OK
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201220873 is OK
- 10.1017/pasa.2018.37 is OK
- 10.1017/pasa.2012.007 is OK
- 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2017564 is OK

🟡 SKIP DOIs

- No DOI given, and none found for title: Towards a science of the art of teaching: Using va...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Variation theory and the improvement of teaching a...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Introduction to cosmology
- No DOI given, and none found for title: The Pantheon+ analysis: cosmological constraints
- No DOI given, and none found for title: The metropolis—hastings algorithm
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Tomographic studies of the 21-cm signal during rei...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Hydrogen epoch of reionization array (HERA)

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- 10.1109/cidu.2012.6382200 may be a valid DOI for title: Introduction to astroML: Machine learning for astr...
- 10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/157 may be a valid DOI for title: SPARC: Mass models for 175 disk galaxies with Spit...

❌ INVALID DOIs

- None

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Paper file info:

📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 940

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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License info:

✅ License found: MIT License (Valid open source OSI approved license)

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@sambit-giri — Thanks for your submission! Given the fact that this project is focused on education rather than research astrophysics, I have submitted this pre-review for editorial review. This usually takes a week or two and I'll report back here as soon as I hear back from the rest of the editorial board.

My initial reaction is that this might be a better fit for the Journal of Open Source Education, but please feel free to add some more context here if you think this is consistent with our submission requirements.

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Submission flagged for editorial review.

[sambit-giri]

@dfm Thank you for the suggestion. I agree that this submission is a better fit for the Journal of Open Source Education. Apologies for not being aware of this dedicated journal for educational tools. Should I create a new submission in the other journal?

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No problem! That probably makes sense. Let me withdraw this submission and you can submit over there.

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