You could still have assigned reviewers like in a conventional journal, which maybe if done right could stimulate broader discussion JOSS has a review process

You could still have assigned reviewers like in a conventional journal, which maybe if done right could stimulate broader discussion JOSS has a review process like this, but I don’t think I’ve heard of any journals focused on primary scientific results using this kind of GitHub based review process https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/submitting.html#the-review-process https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/submitting.html#the-re...