# Request for journal peer reviewers (OGSTools, JOSS submission)

**URL:** <https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/request-for-journal-peer-reviewers-ogstools-joss-submission/1876>\
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**Created:** [June 11, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/request-for-journal-peer-reviewers-ogstools-joss-submission/1876 "2026-06-11T12:24:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![TobiasMeisel](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/user_avatar/discourse.opengeosys.org/tobiasmeisel/32/1080_2.png) [@TobiasMeisel](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/u/TobiasMeisel)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/request-for-journal-peer-reviewers-ogstools-joss-submission/1876/1 "2026-06-11T12:24:32Z")

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Dear OGS community,

I am looking for suitable reviewers for a JOSS (Journal of Open Source Software) submission:

OGSTools: A Python package for OpenGeoSys

> <https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/9996>
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> \*\*Submitting author:\*\* @TobiasMeisel (\<a href="http://orcid.org/0009-0009-8790-8…903"\>Tobias Meisel\</a\>)
> \*\*Repository:\*\* https://github.com/ufz/ogstools
> \*\*Branch with paper.md\*\* (empty if default branch): paper
> \*\*Version:\*\* 0.7.1
> \*\*Editor:\*\* @andreww
> \*\*Reviewers:\*\* Pending
> \*\*Managing EiC:\*\* Daniel S. Katz
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> Thanks for submitting your paper to JOSS @TobiasMeisel. \*\*Currently, there isn't a JOSS editor assigned\*\* to your paper.
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> @TobiasMeisel if you have any suggestions for potential reviewers then please mention them here in this thread (without tagging them with an @). You can search \[the list of people\](https://reviewers.joss.theoj.org/lookup) that have already agreed to review and may be suitable for this submission.
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If you know colleagues or members of the OGS community who could act as [non-conflicted](https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reviewer_guidelines.html#joss-conflict-of-interest-policy) reviewers, I would greatly appreciate your recommendations.

Please feel free to contact me directly via private message or email (See my UFZ-Profile).

_Thank you very much!_

> **[Tobias Meisel - Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ](https://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=52544)**