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We focus on research that is highly relevant to global priorities, especially in economics, social science, and impact evaluation. We encourage better research by making it easier for researchers to get feedback and credible ratings on their work. {% hint style="warning" %} ***We are looking for your involvement...*** {% endhint %} ### **Evaluators** We want researchers who are interested in doing evaluation work for *The Unjournal*. We pay an average of [$200-$400 per complete and on-time ](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]evaluation, and we award monetary prizes for the strongest work. Right now we are particularly looking for economists and people with quantitative and policy-evaluation skills. We describe what we are asking evaluators to do [here](/the-unjournal-project-and-communication-space/policies-projects-evaluation-workflow/evaluation/guidelines-for-evaluators.md): essentially a regular peer review with some different emphases, plus providing a set of quantitative ratings and predictions. Your evaluation content would be made public (and receive a DOI, etc.), but you can choose if you want to remain anonymous or not. *To sign up to be part of the pool of evaluators or to get involved in The Unjournal in other ways, please* [*fill out this brief form*](https://bit.ly/ujteam) *or email .* ### **Research** We welcome suggestions for particularly impactful research that would benefit from (further) public evaluation. We choose research for public evaluation based on an initial assessment of methodological strength, openness, clarity, [relevance to global priorities](/the-unjournal-project-and-communication-space/the-field-and-ea-gp-research.md), and the usefulness of further evaluation and public discussion. We sketch [these criteria here](/the-unjournal-project-and-communication-space/policies-projects-evaluation-workflow/considering-projects/process-prioritizing-research/prioritization-ratings-discussion.md), and discuss some potential examples [here](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/kftzYdmZf4nj2ExN7/what-pivotal-and-useful-research-would-you-like-to-see#Some_suggested__sort_of_things_we_might_be_looking_for_) (see research we have chosen and evaluated at unjournal.pubpub.org, and a larger list of research we're considering [here](https://bit.ly/UJpublicresearch)). If you have research—your own or others—that you would like us to assess, please [submit it here](https://bit.ly/UJsubmit) or contact . Authors of evaluated papers are eligible for [recognition and prizes](/the-unjournal-project-and-communication-space/readme-1/call-for-participants-research/impactful-research-prize.md). ### **Feedback** We are looking for both feedback on and involvement in *The Unjournal*. Feel free to reach out at [contact@unjournal.org](mailto:undefined). *View our* [*data protection statement*](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dGhqonNHeH71F5pDlVB-m9Ods5jcmULR8qlcHXTU-MM/edit#heading=h.jv8s8d8szj8i) [^1]: These numbers are from July 2025. They are subject to change. See [here](https://globalimpact.gitbook.io/the-unjournal-project-and-communication-space/policies-projects-evaluation-workflow/evaluation/for-prospective-evaluators#financial-compensation) for our updated compensation. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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