[REVIEW]: TransiFlow: A Python package for performing bifurcation analysis on fluid flow problems

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Submitting author: @Sbte (Sven Baars)
Repository: https://github.com/BIMAU/transiflow
Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): paper
Version: v1.0.0
Editor: @jatkinson1000
Reviewers: @YidanXue, @svchb, @cwentland0
Archive: Pending

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

✅ OK DOIs

- 10.1002/fld.4913 is OK
- 10.2139/ssrn.4845893 is OK
- 10.1080/13873950701742754 is OK
- 10.1007/1-4020-2263-8 is OK
- 10.1007/978-3-319-26916-0_12 is OK
- 10.1142/s0218127421300172 is OK
- 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.07.005 is OK
- 10.4208/nmtma.2014.1231nm is OK
- 10.1126/sciadv.adk1189 is OK
- 10.1017/9781108863148 is OK

🟡 SKIP DOIs

- No DOI given, and none found for title: AUTO-07P: Continuation and Bifurcation Software fo...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: Matrix-based techniques for (flow-)transition stud...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: The Trilinos Project Website

❌ MISSING DOIs

- None

❌ INVALID DOIs

- None

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Software report:

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Python                          41           2846           1740           7317
reStructuredText                10            140            182            266
TeX                              1             12              0            171
Markdown                         2             32              0            120
YAML                             2             18              1             62
DOS Batch                        1              8              1             26
make                             1              6              8             12
TOML                             1              0              0              6
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SUM:                            89           3062           1932          43812
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Commit count by author:

   807	Sven Baars
    11	dajuno
     4	Lourens Veen
     2	Inti Pelupessy
     1	Erik
     1	Jonas Thies
     1	ipelupessy

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Paper file info:

📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 926

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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License info:

✅ License found: Apache License 2.0 (Valid open source OSI approved license)

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