[Question] Tools/​methods for finding most pivotal unjournal-worthy research

[david_reinstein]

I’m taking a few approaches to this myself, and I had some questions about the best way to do some things. (Tagging “EA Librarian” on this in particular)

1. I’m considering (discussion here) existing lists, reviews, and syllabi such as:

• GPI research agenda (includes many posed questions)

• Open Philanthropy “questions that might affect our grantmaking”

• Pablo Stafforini’s syllabi, David Rhys-Bernard’s syllabus

What ‘lists’ in this category am I missing?

1. What are the best tools for finding:

• the most prominent EA-linked authors in economics, social science, and policy impact

• the papers that a relevant author cites the most? (E.g., ‘which papers does David Roodman cite most often’?)

• the papers that a relevant organization cites the most?

1. Where and how (perhaps outside EA circles) should I promote this crowdsourcing and this bounty? E.g., which particular academic boards/​societies/​groups should we share this with? What other incentives should we offer?

2. How could GPT3 or Elicit be used to help in this, if at all?