joss.theoj.org
In short: Getting listed on Journal of Open Source Software is free. Plan for a few hours — it wants written material and a decision you do not control.
What they ask for: Submit your qualifying open research-software component and short software paper after it has mature public development history.
Submit your qualifying open research-software component and short software paper after it has mature public development history.
Requires OSI licence, public source and issues, tests, documentation, research use, contributor authorship, and editorial review.
Open the submission page on joss.theoj.org and complete its form — that is the "Open submit page" link at the top of this page.
Requires OSI licence, public source and issues, tests, documentation, research use, contributor authorship, and editorial review.
Priority sets the band — this one is later. Cost (free) and effort (involved) move it within that band, which puts it in the long tail tier. The score orders a submission queue. It is not a measure of the site’s domain authority, traffic or quality.