[REVIEW]: MFEM/MGIS, a HPC mini-application targeting nonlinear thermo-mechanical simulations of nuclear fuels at mesoscale

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Submitting author: @thelfer (Thomas Helfer)
Repository: https://github.com/thelfer/mfem-mgis
Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch):
Version: v1.0.0
Editor: @arfon
Reviewers: @iammix, @jacobmerson
Archive: Pending

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Checklists

📝 Checklist for @iammix

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

✅ OK DOIs

- 10.1016/j.anucene.2024.110577 is OK
- 10.21105/joss.02003 is OK
- 10.1007/3-540-47789-6_66 is OK
- 10.1145/992200.992206 is OK
- 10.1145/335231.335242 is OK
- 10.1137/S0895479899358194 is OK
- 10.1016/j.camwa.2015.06.027 is OK
- 10.1016/j.camwa.2020.06.009 is OK
- 10.11578/dc.20171025.1248 is OK
- 10.1145/2807591.2807623 is OK

🟡 SKIP DOIs

- No DOI given, and none found for title: PETSc Web page
- No DOI given, and none found for title: SSNA303 : Éprouvette entaillée élastoplastique en ...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Parmetis: Parallel graph partitioning and sparse m...

❌ MISSING DOIs

- None

❌ INVALID DOIs

- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocs.2024.102359 is INVALID because of 'https://doi.org/' prefix

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Software report:

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Commit count by author:

   157	Thomas Helfer
    94	Raphaël Prat
    79	LATU Guillaume 224549
    47	Guillaume Latu
    36	rprat-pro
    21	Guillaume Latu [email protected]
    18	maxence-wz
     9	LATU Guillaume
     9	hc265945
     8	HELFER Thomas 202608
     6	GLatu
     6	PRAT Raphael 269144
     4	Gauthier Folzan
     4	Hugo Copin
     4	PRAT Raphael
     3	Raphael PRAT
     2	Maxence WANGERMEZ
     1	thelfer

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Paper file info:

⚠️ Wordcount for paper.md is 1261

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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License info:

🟡 License found: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 (Check here for OSI approval)

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@iammix, @jacobmerson – This is the review thread for the paper. All of our communications will happen here from now on.

Please read the "Reviewer instructions & questions" in the first comment above. Please create your checklist typing:

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As you go over the submission, please check any items that you feel have been satisfied. There are also links to the JOSS reviewer guidelines.

The JOSS review is different from most other journals. Our goal is to work with the authors to help them meet our criteria instead of merely passing judgment on the submission. As such, the reviewers are encouraged to submit issues and pull requests on the software repository. When doing so, please mention https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/7719 so that a link is created to this thread (and I can keep an eye on what is happening). Please also feel free to comment and ask questions on this thread. In my experience, it is better to post comments/questions/suggestions as you come across them instead of waiting until you've reviewed the entire package.

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Review checklist for @iammix

Conflict of interest

• I confirm that I have read the JOSS conflict of interest (COI) policy and that: I have no COIs with reviewing this work or that any perceived COIs have been waived by JOSS for the purpose of this review.

Code of Conduct

• I confirm that I read and will adhere to the JOSS code of conduct.

General checks

• Repository: Is the source code for this software available at the https://github.com/thelfer/mfem-mgis?
• License: Does the repository contain a plain-text LICENSE or COPYING file with the contents of an OSI approved software license?
• Contribution and authorship: Has the submitting author (@thelfer) made major contributions to the software? Does the full list of paper authors seem appropriate and complete?
• Substantial scholarly effort: Does this submission meet the scope eligibility described in the JOSS guidelines
• Data sharing: If the paper contains original data, data are accessible to the reviewers. If the paper contains no original data, please check this item.
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Documentation

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• Installation instructions: Is there a clearly-stated list of dependencies? Ideally these should be handled with an automated package management solution.
• Example usage: Do the authors include examples of how to use the software (ideally to solve real-world analysis problems).
• Functionality documentation: Is the core functionality of the software documented to a satisfactory level (e.g., API method documentation)?
• Automated tests: Are there automated tests or manual steps described so that the functionality of the software can be verified?
• Community guidelines: Are there clear guidelines for third parties wishing to 1. Contribute to the software 2. Report issues or problems with the software 3. Seek support

Software paper

• Summary: Has a clear description of the high-level functionality and purpose of the software for a diverse, non-specialist audience been provided?
• A statement of need: Does the paper have a section titled 'Statement of need' that clearly states what problems the software is designed to solve, who the target audience is, and its relation to other work?
• State of the field: Do the authors describe how this software compares to other commonly-used packages?
• Quality of writing: Is the paper well written (i.e., it does not require editing for structure, language, or writing quality)?
• References: Is the list of references complete, and is everything cited appropriately that should be cited (e.g., papers, datasets, software)? Do references in the text use the proper citation syntax?