Dear rOpenSci friends, it’s time for our monthly news roundup! You can read this post on our blog. Now let’s dive into the activity at and around rOpenSci! rOpenSci HQ Open call for the rOpenSci Champions Program 2026! We are pleased t...

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rOpenSci's January 2026 newsletter announces the opening of applications for their Champions Program 2026 (Spanish-language, Latin America focus, deadline February 20). The organization released their 2025 wrap-up and Code of Conduct transparency report. Two new R packages joined their suite: read.abares (Australian agricultural data) and dfms (Dynamic Factor Models). The newsletter covers 17 package updates, 18 active software peer review submissions, recent blog posts on package maintenance and R-universe workflows, and community calls for package maintainers. Development tips include coverage badges without third-party services, dynamic Rd file content, and discussions on AI-generated contributions to open source projects.

rOpenSci News Digest, January 2026