[PRE REVIEW]: SOAP: A Python package for calculating the properties of galaxies and halos formed in cosmological simulations

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Submitting author: @robjmcgibbon (Robert McGibbon)
Repository: https://github.com/SWIFTSIM/SOAP
Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): soap_runtime
Version: v1.0
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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

✅ OK DOIs

- 10.1093/mnras/stu2058 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stad2419 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stad2540 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stae922 is OK
- 10.1093/mnras/stx2792 is OK
- 10.1088/0004-637X/762/2/109 is OK
- 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04912.x is OK
- 10.1017/pasa.2019.12 is OK
- 10.21105/joss.02430 is OK
- 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09655.x is OK

🟡 SKIP DOIs

- No DOI given, and none found for title: Assessing subhalo finders in cosmological hydrodyn...

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- None

❌ INVALID DOIs

- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpdc.2005.03.010 is INVALID because of 'https://doi.org/' prefix

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Software report:

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Commit count by author:

   315	John Helly
   151	Bert Vandenbroucke
    80	robjmcgibbon
    26	Joey Braspenning
    10	Moyoxkit
     5	Jeger Broxterman
     5	Matthieu Schaller
     2	Victor J. Forouhar Moreno

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Paper file info:

⚠️ Wordcount for paper.md is 1217

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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