I’ve had the pleasure to be part of a paper on healpy, led by Andrea Zonca. The main purpose is to give a quick overview on the project, and to have a proper reference for the many projects that use the Python implementation of the HEALPix format.
We published this in the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS), and I’m delighted to say that this was one of the best peer review and publishing experiences I’ve ever had. The process really motivated me to properly set up more software projects with extensive testing, documentation, continuous integration etc., and to submit them to JOSS as well.
Daniel Lenz 