diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 9426842..d20867e 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ doi: 10.5281/zenodo.12784260
 message: >-
   If you use cifkit, please consider citing.
 title: >-
-  cifkit – Python package for high-throughput .cif analysis
+  cifkit: A Python package for coordination geometry and atomic site analysis
 url: https://github.com/bobleesj/cifkit
diff --git a/news/JOSS.rst b/news/JOSS.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f076a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/JOSS.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* cifkit accepted to JOSS
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fc9c2c9..0000000
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
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-      "bin": {
-        "prettier": "bin/prettier.cjs"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/prettier/prettier?sponsor=1"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dafaf1..0000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
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-  }
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