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The Un­jour­nal

TagLast edit: 22 May 2025 20:47 UTC by Dane Valerie

The Unjournal is an organisation that works to organize and fund public journal-independent feedback, rating, and evaluation of hosted papers and dynamically-presented research projects. Their initial focus is on quantitative work that informs global priorities, especially in economics, policy, and social science. They aim to encourage better research by making it easier for researchers to get feedback and credible ratings on their work.

The Unjournal was founded by David Reinstein and received a $565,000 grant from the Survival and Flourishing Fund in 2023.

Further reading:

An introduction to The Unjournal

The Unjournal’s first evaluation

External links:

The Unjournal. Official Website.

Related entries:

metascience | global priorities research | academia

Un­jour­nal: Make re­search more im­pact­ful & rigor­ous via pub­lic ex­pert evaluation

david_reinstein15 Nov 2024 1:29 UTC
13 points
2 comments7 min readEA link

Un­jour­nal eval­u­at­ing 1+ re­search out­put per rele­vant ~EA-funded or­ga­ni­za­tion: next steps

david_reinstein29 Dec 2024 19:36 UTC
32 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

The Un­jour­nal: July up­dates and op­por­tu­ni­ties (full up­date [fixed links])

david_reinstein22 Jul 2023 1:21 UTC
12 points
0 comments5 min readEA link
(globalimpact.gitbook.io)

Un­jour­nal wants YOU: to do an eval­u­a­tion. Pilot­ing “In­de­pen­dent eval­u­a­tions” – (up­dated, with kick­starter bounty)

david_reinstein16 Aug 2024 20:26 UTC
17 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(docs.google.com)

Can we do use­ful meta-anal­y­sis? Un­jour­nal eval­u­a­tions of “Mean­ingfully re­duc­ing con­sump­tion of meat and an­i­mal prod­ucts is an un­solved prob­lem...”

david_reinstein7 Nov 2025 0:30 UTC
33 points
17 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] List of orgs/​peo­ple funded by ~EA to do re­search?

david_reinstein7 Dec 2024 3:19 UTC
16 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Sugges­tions for non­profit bud­get­ing/​ac­counts/​le­gal courses/​MOOCs/​material

david_reinstein19 Jan 2024 18:34 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Un­jour­nal eval. of Cavi­ola et al, 2022 “Pop­u­la­tion eth­i­cal in­tu­itions” a need for fur­ther ev­i­dence?

david_reinstein9 Oct 2025 12:44 UTC
12 points
0 comments5 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

[Question] Find­ing ‘pivotal ques­tions’ from 80k pod­cast tran­scripts, sug­ges­tions, LLM ap­proaches/​ Is there already an “80k chat­bot”?

david_reinstein8 Jan 2025 17:16 UTC
10 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Is CBT effec­tive for poor house­holds? Two re­cent pa­pers (eval­u­ated by The Un­jour­nal) with con­trast­ing results

david_reinstein17 Apr 2023 20:46 UTC
38 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

Pre­sen­ta­tion—The Un­jour­nal: Bridg­ing the gap be­tween EA and academia

david_reinstein22 Jan 2024 19:49 UTC
14 points
2 comments4 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

“How much do plant-based prod­ucts sub­sti­tute for an­i­mal prod­ucts and im­prove welfare?” – An Un­jour­nal Pivotal Ques­tion (up­date: added polls)

david_reinstein7 Aug 2025 21:34 UTC
45 points
4 comments12 min readEA link

Should The Un­jour­nal eval­u­ate 1+ re­search out­puts per rele­vant EA org?

david_reinstein3 Dec 2024 23:37 UTC
21 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Un­jour­nal: “Re­search with po­ten­tial for im­pact” database

david_reinstein24 Sep 2024 20:33 UTC
31 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(coda.io)

Is Cul­tured Meat Com­mer­cially Vi­able? Un­jour­nal’s first pro­posed ‘Pivotal Ques­tion’ (& re­quest for feed­back)

david_reinstein8 Jul 2025 16:10 UTC
22 points
3 comments13 min readEA link

[Question] What is the most up­dated state­ment of GPI’s eco­nomics agenda/​when was it up­dated?

david_reinstein21 Nov 2023 15:57 UTC
6 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Le­gal schol­ar­ship: Is it high-im­pact? Should Un­jour­nal eval­u­ate it? Call for par­ti­ci­pa­tion/​scoping

david_reinstein19 Dec 2024 22:44 UTC
9 points
2 comments7 min readEA link

The Un­jour­nal: Bridg­ing the Ri­gor/​Im­pact Gaps for EA-rele­vant Re­search Questions

david_reinstein21 Nov 2025 21:45 UTC
35 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

Up­date – Un­jour­nal wants YOU: to do an “In­de­pen­dent eval­u­a­tion”

david_reinstein27 Aug 2024 16:42 UTC
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(globalimpact.gitbook.io)

Un­jour­nal is look­ing for feed­back & to mea­sure and en­hance our im­pact (sur­vey w/​ mod­est lot­tery prize)

david_reinstein4 Dec 2025 14:22 UTC
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.unjournal.org)

Un­jour­nal eval­u­a­tion of “Towards best prac­tices in AGI safety and gov­er­nance” (Schuett et al, 2023)

david_reinstein3 Jun 2025 11:18 UTC
9 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

[Question] Is there a cal­ibra­tion train­ing tool for ‘per­centile rank­ings from a refer­ence group’?

david_reinstein14 Sep 2024 21:55 UTC
8 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

‘Chat with im­pact­ful re­search & eval­u­a­tions’ (Un­jour­nal Note­bookLMs)

david_reinstein24 Sep 2024 20:19 UTC
8 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Un­jour­nal: Call for par­ti­ci­pants and re­search

david_reinstein13 Jun 2022 11:11 UTC
42 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(effective-giving-marketing.gitbook.io)

Un­jour­nal: Eval­u­a­tions of “Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence and Eco­nomic Growth”, and new host­ing space

david_reinstein17 Mar 2023 20:20 UTC
47 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

Un­jour­nal’s eval­u­a­tions of “In­ter­gen­er­a­tional Child Mor­tal­ity Im­pacts of De­worm­ing”

david_reinstein25 Oct 2024 20:36 UTC
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

Un­jour­nal’s 1st eval is up: Re­silient foods pa­per (Denken­berger et al) & AMA ~48 hours

david_reinstein6 Feb 2023 19:18 UTC
77 points
10 comments3 min readEA link
(sciety.org)

Un­jour­nal Evals: “Ad­vance Mar­ket Com­mit­ments: In­sights from The­ory and Ex­pe­rience”

david_reinstein21 Mar 2023 16:59 UTC
27 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

Room for op­ti­mism on cul­tured meat?

david_reinstein4 Sep 2025 13:24 UTC
54 points
4 comments2 min readEA link
(www.proteinreport.org)

“Pivotal ques­tions”: an Un­jour­nal trial ini­ti­a­tive

david_reinstein21 Jul 2024 16:57 UTC
48 points
2 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] What “pivotal” and use­ful re­search … would you like to see as­sessed? (Bounty for sug­ges­tions)

david_reinstein28 Apr 2022 15:49 UTC
37 points
21 comments7 min readEA link

Are moral prefer­ences sta­ble? “Ends ver­sus Means: Kan­ti­ans, Utili­tar­i­ans, and Mo­ral De­ci­sions” – an Un­jour­nal evaluation

david_reinstein24 Sep 2025 14:34 UTC
7 points
0 comments9 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

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

david_reinstein23 Apr 2022 1:10 UTC
10 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Re­think­ing the Fu­ture of Cul­tured Meat: An Un­jour­nal Evaluation

aemeader17 Sep 2025 12:27 UTC
15 points
3 comments16 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

Seek­ing im­por­tant GH or IDEV work­ing pa­pers to evaluate

ryancbriggs7 Jun 2023 19:29 UTC
36 points
4 comments3 min readEA link
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