@mattkram @joss one issue for the wider audience is that #JOSS is not included in all databases (e.g. #pubmed), thus it has less visibility. Moreover, it not indexed in #scopus or #WOS to get ''meaningful'' measures like the #impactfactor .
For those who need numbers:
#Exaly (https://exaly.com/journal/106890/journal-of-open-source-software) and #googlescholar cover it.
However, I see the merits of their approach and can tell that the review/publishing process is #SOTA.