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@unjournal.bsky.social
Researchers, practitioners, & open science advocates building a better system for research evaluation. Nonprofit. We commission public evaluation & rating of hosted work. To make rigorous research more impactful, & impactful research more rigorous.
If they don't reply within a certain window we post it, noting the authors still have the opportunity to reply later on, and we will publish it then.
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If they don't reply within a certain window we post it, noting the authors still have the opportunity to reply later on, and we will publish it then.
At The Unjournal we commission experts to rate, evaluate, and discuss research, both 'preprints'/working papers and journal-published work.
We do give the authors the opportunity to reply, and the evaluators to adjust in response to this, and publish all of this.
We do give the authors the opportunity to reply, and the evaluators to adjust in response to this, and publish all of this.
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
At The Unjournal we commission experts to rate, evaluate, and discuss research, both 'preprints'/working papers and journal-published work.
We do give the authors the opportunity to reply, and the evaluators to adjust in response to this, and publish all of this.
We do give the authors the opportunity to reply, and the evaluators to adjust in response to this, and publish all of this.
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This year’s @sjdm-tweets.bsky.social presidential address from @donandrewmoore.bsky.social built on last year’s address from @joesimmons.bsky.social about improving #cogSci.
Don celebrated our normalization of pre-registration and #openAccess data, materials, etc. 🙌
But he reminded us of how...
Don celebrated our normalization of pre-registration and #openAccess data, materials, etc. 🙌
But he reminded us of how...
@joesimmons.bsky.social's 2024 Prez Address at #SJDM was WILD — a behind the scenes of @datacolada.bsky.social:
Takeaways:
- P-curves aren't sufficient
- Share EVERYTHING (including #Qualtrics files)
- Describe findings AS OPERATIONALIZED
- Loads of #JDM is good! (cf. headlines)
- Keep speaking up!
Takeaways:
- P-curves aren't sufficient
- Share EVERYTHING (including #Qualtrics files)
- Describe findings AS OPERATIONALIZED
- Loads of #JDM is good! (cf. headlines)
- Keep speaking up!
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This year’s @sjdm-tweets.bsky.social presidential address from @donandrewmoore.bsky.social built on last year’s address from @joesimmons.bsky.social about improving #cogSci.
Don celebrated our normalization of pre-registration and #openAccess data, materials, etc. 🙌
But he reminded us of how...
Don celebrated our normalization of pre-registration and #openAccess data, materials, etc. 🙌
But he reminded us of how...
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...many leaders in the field are still seeking prestige from a few for-profit, rent-seeking journals.
He then pointed us to better publication practices:
- @peercommunityin.bsky.social
- @unjournal.bsky.social
- @metaror.bsky.social
Post credits: @alexh.bsky.social, @jwastrachan.bsky.social
He then pointed us to better publication practices:
- @peercommunityin.bsky.social
- @unjournal.bsky.social
- @metaror.bsky.social
Post credits: @alexh.bsky.social, @jwastrachan.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
...many leaders in the field are still seeking prestige from a few for-profit, rent-seeking journals.
He then pointed us to better publication practices:
- @peercommunityin.bsky.social
- @unjournal.bsky.social
- @metaror.bsky.social
Post credits: @alexh.bsky.social, @jwastrachan.bsky.social
He then pointed us to better publication practices:
- @peercommunityin.bsky.social
- @unjournal.bsky.social
- @metaror.bsky.social
Post credits: @alexh.bsky.social, @jwastrachan.bsky.social
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We *are* doing this.
There is the @unjournal.bsky.social. There is Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social. There are dozens of newly-founded diamond OA (free to read, free to publish) journals being born, eg Experimental Philosophy @xphilosopher.bsky.social.
There is the @unjournal.bsky.social. There is Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social. There are dozens of newly-founded diamond OA (free to read, free to publish) journals being born, eg Experimental Philosophy @xphilosopher.bsky.social.
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We *are* doing this.
There is the @unjournal.bsky.social. There is Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social. There are dozens of newly-founded diamond OA (free to read, free to publish) journals being born, eg Experimental Philosophy @xphilosopher.bsky.social.
There is the @unjournal.bsky.social. There is Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social. There are dozens of newly-founded diamond OA (free to read, free to publish) journals being born, eg Experimental Philosophy @xphilosopher.bsky.social.
His work also involves tools for eliciting beliefs under uncertainty (beliefelicitation.github.io/paper/), something we ask our research evaluators and Pivotal Question evaluators to do.
The performance comparison paper
Click and drag elicitation tool documentation
beliefelicitation.github.io
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
His work also involves tools for eliciting beliefs under uncertainty (beliefelicitation.github.io/paper/), something we ask our research evaluators and Pivotal Question evaluators to do.
@paolocrosetto.bsky.social has been a part of the conversation since the early days of the Unjournal. We appreciate his work exposing predatory journals and exploitive publishing practices.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
paolocrosetto.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/i...
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
paolocrosetto.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/i...
The Drain of Scientific Publishing
The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...
arxiv.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
@paolocrosetto.bsky.social has been a part of the conversation since the early days of the Unjournal. We appreciate his work exposing predatory journals and exploitive publishing practices.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
paolocrosetto.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/i...
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
paolocrosetto.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/i...
See them all here: unjournal.pubpub.org/dash/collect...
Overview · Prize-winning & commended evaluations
unjournal.pubpub.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
See them all here: unjournal.pubpub.org/dash/collect...
@davidmanheim.alter.org.il & Seinkmane
on "Forecasts estimate limited cultured meat production through 2050"
Anon. evaluators on "Asymmetry in Civic Information: An Experiment on Tax Participation among Informal Firms in Togo" and
"Misperceptions and Demand for Democracy under Authoritarianism"
on "Forecasts estimate limited cultured meat production through 2050"
Anon. evaluators on "Asymmetry in Civic Information: An Experiment on Tax Participation among Informal Firms in Togo" and
"Misperceptions and Demand for Democracy under Authoritarianism"
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@davidmanheim.alter.org.il & Seinkmane
on "Forecasts estimate limited cultured meat production through 2050"
Anon. evaluators on "Asymmetry in Civic Information: An Experiment on Tax Participation among Informal Firms in Togo" and
"Misperceptions and Demand for Democracy under Authoritarianism"
on "Forecasts estimate limited cultured meat production through 2050"
Anon. evaluators on "Asymmetry in Civic Information: An Experiment on Tax Participation among Informal Firms in Togo" and
"Misperceptions and Demand for Democracy under Authoritarianism"
@davidreiley.bsky.social
on "Does online fundraising increase charitable giving? A nationwide field experiment on Facebook"
@hughjonesd.bsky.social: "Ends versus Means: Kantians, Utilitarians, and Moral Decisions"
on "Does online fundraising increase charitable giving? A nationwide field experiment on Facebook"
@hughjonesd.bsky.social: "Ends versus Means: Kantians, Utilitarians, and Moral Decisions"
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@davidreiley.bsky.social
on "Does online fundraising increase charitable giving? A nationwide field experiment on Facebook"
@hughjonesd.bsky.social: "Ends versus Means: Kantians, Utilitarians, and Moral Decisions"
on "Does online fundraising increase charitable giving? A nationwide field experiment on Facebook"
@hughjonesd.bsky.social: "Ends versus Means: Kantians, Utilitarians, and Moral Decisions"
We should follow up on this -- there has been a lot on our plate.
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We should follow up on this -- there has been a lot on our plate.
@iabubakkari.bsky.social @lauramurrayphd.bsky.social @mahreenmahmud.bsky.social also cited 3+ papers evaluated at Unjournal.org (as well as many people wihtout Bluesky accounts)
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October 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
@iabubakkari.bsky.social @lauramurrayphd.bsky.social @mahreenmahmud.bsky.social also cited 3+ papers evaluated at Unjournal.org (as well as many people wihtout Bluesky accounts)
@berkozler12.bsky.social @johanneshaushofer.com @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social @deankarlan.bsky.social @davidmanheim.alter.org.il @chrisblattman.bsky.social @margaretsheridan.bsky.social @nathanbarker.bsky.social @johnlist.bsky.social
All cited 3+ paper evaluated at unjournal.pubpub.org
All cited 3+ paper evaluated at unjournal.pubpub.org
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October 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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