[PRE REVIEW]: metasignal: A Python Package for Comprehensive Metacognitive Analysis and Decision-Making

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Submitting author: @saurabhr (Saurabh Ranjan)
Repository: https://github.com/saurabhr/metasignal
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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

✅ OK DOIs

- 10.1162/opmi_a_00091 is OK
- 10.1098/rstb.2011.0417 is OK
- 10.1093/nc/nix007 is OK
- 10.1038/s41467-024-55628-6 is OK
- 10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2 is OK
- 10.1038/s41398-019-0602-7 is OK
- 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf133 is OK
- 10.1016/j.concog.2011.09.021 is OK
- 10.1162/OPMI.a.40 is OK
- 10.1037/0033-295X.115.2.502 is OK
- 10.1177/17456916221075615 is OK
- 10.1038/s41467-025-56117-0 is OK
- 10.21105/joss.06966 is OK
- 10.1177/09637214251391158 is OK
- 10.1038/s41592-019-0686-2 is OK
- 10.1098/rstb.2011.0416 is OK

🟡 SKIP DOIs

- No DOI given, and none found for title: Signal Detection Theory and Psychophysics
- No DOI given, and none found for title: meta-d’ analysis in Python
- No DOI given, and none found for title: metadpy: Bayesian meta-d’ for Python

❌ MISSING DOIs

- 10.1016/j.concog.2011.09.021 may be a valid DOI for title: A signal detection theoretic approach for estimati...

❌ INVALID DOIs

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Repository Analysis Report

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Commit Count by Author

121	Saurabh Ranjan
     1	Maruti Mishra
     1	Mukesh Makwana

Repository History

Repository age: First commit on December 20, 2025

Code distribution (top 3 48-hour windows):

Period	Insertions	% of Total	Signal	View Changes
Apr 07, 2026 - Apr 09, 2026	608411	45.2%	🟡	View commit
Dec 31, 2025 - Jan 02, 2026	605261	45.0%	🟡	View commit
Jun 04, 2026 - Jun 06, 2026	28025	2.1%	🟢	View diff

GitHub Activity Metrics

Metric	Count
GitHub stars	4
Forks	1
GitHub contributors	3
Releases	0
Total issues	0
Total pull requests	4
Unique commenters/reviewers (excluding authors)	0

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Paper file info:

🚨 Wordcount for paper.md is 2829

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

✅ The paper includes a State of the field section

✅ The paper includes a Software design section

✅ The paper includes a Research impact statement section

✅ The paper includes an AI usage disclosure section

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License info:

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

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[samhforbes]

Hi @saurabhr can you clarify whether this software has been used yet in any scientific research?