[REVIEW]: EMGFlow: A Python package for pre-processing and feature extraction of electromyographic signals

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Submitting author: @WiIIson (D. William Lawrence Conley)
Repository: https://github.com/WiIIson/EMGFlow-Python-Package
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Version: v1.0.16
Editor: @faroit
Reviewers: @wbaccinelli, @samiralavi
Archive: Pending

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

✅ OK DOIs

- 10.1109/TAFFC.2015.2392932 is OK
- 10.1016/j.softx.2024.101712 is OK
- 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3146729 is OK
- 10.1109/TAFFC.2015.2457417 is OK
- 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1986.tb00676.x is OK
- 10.5281/zenodo.6403363 is OK
- 10.1007/s12253-019-00668-3 is OK
- 10.1109/T-AFFC.2011.15 is OK
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00780 is OK
- 10.3758/s13428-020-01516-y is OK
- 10.3389/fneur.2020.576729 is OK
- 10.1038/s41598-021-85163-z is OK
- 10.1145/3242969.3242985 is OK
- 10.1038/s41597-019-0209-0 is OK
- 10.3389/fict.2017.00001 is OK
- 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/11-0214) is OK
- 10.1073/pnas.0908994106 is OK
- 10.1186/1743-0003-7-21 is OK
- 10.1109/SSCI.2016.7849931 is OK

🟡 SKIP DOIs

- No DOI given, and none found for title: A practicum on the use of sEMG signals in movement...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: An electromyographic index for localized muscle fa...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: A novel feature extraction for robust EMG pattern ...
- No DOI given, and none found for title: PhysioData Toolbox

❌ MISSING DOIs

- 10.1152/jappl.1983.54.1.51 may be a valid DOI for title: Changes in electromyogram power spectra of facial ...

❌ INVALID DOIs

- None

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Software report:

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Commit count by author:

   143	WiIIson

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Paper file info:

📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 1653

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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License info:

🟡 License found: GNU General Public License v3.0 (Check here for OSI approval)

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@wbaccinelli @samiralavi 👋 Hi and thanks again for agreeing to review this paper. You can start the review now. Please use issues in the package repository to discuss with @WiIIson about the submission and refer to these issues here to keep this thread lightweight.

If you have any further questions, let me know