Free Software and Semantic Array Programming Research (FSSAPR) is an international peer-reviewed periodical focusing on reproducible research and scientific knowledge freedom in transdisciplinary modelling. It publishes contributions on concise and semantically-enhanced applications of computational science, mainly supporting wide-scale environmental problems. Published articles also provide the readers with relevant source code (free software) of the described mathematical modelling. FSSAPR is a special edition of Notes on Transdisciplinary Modelling for Environment focusing on advances in free scientific software for computational modelling under the paradigm of semantic array programming. Emphasis is on software abstraction, generality and modularisation in chains of concise and semantically enhanced transformations dealing with arrays of data – easing the reuse in different contexts and scientific domains.
Free Software and Semantic Array Programming Research (FSSAPR) is an international peer-reviewed periodical focusing on reproducible research and scientific knowledge freedom in transdisciplinary modelling. It publishes contributions on concise and semantically-enhanced applications of computational science, mainly supporting wide-scale environmental problems. Software freedom is an essential aspect of knowledge freedom in computational science, therefore published articles also provide the readers with the source code (sometime in the form of concise codelets) of the described mathematical modelling. Published source code is available as free software.
FSSAPR is a special edition of Notes on Transdisciplinary Modelling for Environment whose aim is to publish research articles reporting advances in free scientific software for computational modelling. Published software modules and modelling architectures explicitly follow the paradigm of semantic array programming (SemAP). SemAP software is expected to be structured as a chain of concise and semantically enhanced transformations dealing with arrays of data. Special attention is devoted to SemAP software abstraction, generality and modularization so as for them to be reusable in different contexts and scientific domains.
Peer review process
FSSAPR follows a two-stage peer review process which requires discussion papers to be published so as to receive feedback from the scientific community before their possible finalisation. Initial manuscript submission is subject to soundness review, also ensuring eligibility criteria to be fulfilled so as to support scientific knowledge freedom. Among the eligibility criteria, it should be highlighted the need for:
- free software to have been published so as for it to be persistently available;
- appropriate licensing and source code review to have been done;
- free data to have been published so as for it to be persistently available;
- a minimal share of free-access references to be selected in order for scientists and research organisations not to be discriminated on the basis of their funding availability, when they try to fully understand the core literature cited in the manuscript.
The discussion stage allows short comments to be submitted by referees and the scientific community, while authors are encouraged to interact with pending comments by providing their responses. During this stage, the discussion paper is already citable. The second stage of peer review begins with the submission of a revised manuscript, with final review and corrections.