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# Plan of action

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What is *The Unjournal*? See [our summary](/the-unjournal-project-and-communication-space/readme-1.md#in-a-nutshell).
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## Current focus

The Unjournal's pilot phase was completed in August 2023. We are now focused on:

1. **Scaling evaluation coverage** — Expanding the volume and range of research we evaluate
2. **Building field specialist teams** — Recruiting experts to monitor and prioritize research in key areas
3. **Improving evaluation processes** — Refining our metrics, guidelines, and workflow
4. **Demonstrating value** — Building evidence that Unjournal evaluations provide useful signals about research quality

See the vision and broad plan presented [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C5CE8X_rgGEZnewdKFsbxSGw7l0PxmQvr8F4tv7ege8/edit):

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## Key resources

* [Guidelines for evaluators](/the-unjournal-project-and-communication-space/policies-projects-evaluation-workflow/evaluation/guidelines-for-evaluators.md)
* [What research do we target?](/the-unjournal-project-and-communication-space/policies-projects-evaluation-workflow/considering-projects.md)
* [Our evaluation workflow](/the-unjournal-project-and-communication-space/policies-projects-evaluation-workflow/mapping-evaluation-workflow.md)

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<summary>Archived: Pilot phase goals and planning (2022-2023)</summary>

#### What the pilot needed to demonstrate

1. We actually **"do something."**
2. We can provide **credible reviews and ratings** that have value as measures of research quality comparable to (or better than) traditional journal systems.
3. We identify important work that **informs global priorities.**
4. We boost work in innovative and transparent and replicable formats (especially **dynamic documents**).
5. **Authors engage** with our process and find it useful.
6. (As a push) Universities, grantmakers, and other arbiters **assign value** to *Unjournal* ratings.

#### Original planning milestones

See our [original grant proposal](/the-unjournal-project-and-communication-space/grants-and-proposals/acx-ltff-grant-proposal-as-submitted-successfull.md) for the detailed 12-month plan we followed during the pilot.

Key elements completed:

* ✅ Built founding committee of experienced researchers
* ✅ Defined scope and principles
* ✅ Set up platforms (moved from Kotahi/Sciety to PubPub)
* ✅ Created submission and evaluation rules
* ✅ Completed pilot evaluations (10 papers, 21 evaluations)

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