# The Unjournal

[The Unjournal](https://unjournal.org/) is making research better by evaluating what really matters. We aim to make *rigorous* research more *impactful* and *impactful* research more *rigorous*.

Today's research evaluation process is *out-of-date*, it *discourages innovation,* and it *encourages rent-seeking*. We provide *open*, *rigorous* evaluation, focused on what's *practically important* to researchers, policy-makers, and the world. We make it easier for researchers to get feedback and credible ratings of their work.

We currently focus on quantitative work that informs global priorities, especially in economics, policy, and social science. Click on the cards below to find out more about our mission, organizational structure, and ways to collaborate, or ['ask or search our page](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]' for answers to your questions.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>About </strong><em><strong>The Unjournal</strong></em></td><td><em>The Unjournal</em> in a nutshell (and more)</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="../readme-1#in-a-nutshell">#in-a-nutshell</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Get involved</strong></td><td>Apply to join our team, join our evaluator pool, or submit your work</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="readme-1/call-for-participants-research">call-for-participants-research</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Our team</strong></td><td>Management, advisors, research field specialists, contactors</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="readme-1/discussion-team">discussion-team</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Our plan of action</strong></td><td><em>The Unjournal</em> pilot and beyond</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="readme-1/plan-of-action">plan-of-action</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Latest updates</strong></td><td>Our progress: sign up for a (fortnightly) email digest</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="readme-1/latest-updates">latest-updates</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>UJ team resources</strong></td><td>Onboarding and key team resources (mainly internal)</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="management-tech-details-discussion/uj-team-resources-onboarding">uj-team-resources-onboarding</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Unjournal evaluations+</strong></td><td>Evaluations, ratings, summaries, responses (PubPub)</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="https://unjournal.pubpub.org/">https://unjournal.pubpub.org/</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Map of our workflow</strong></td><td>Flowchart and description of our intake and evaluation processes</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="policies-projects-evaluation-workflow/mapping-evaluation-workflow">mapping-evaluation-workflow</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Guidelines for evaluators</strong></td><td>What we ask (and pay) evaluators to do</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="policies-projects-evaluation-workflow/evaluation/guidelines-for-evaluators">guidelines-for-evaluators</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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[^1]: Click the search bar and choose 'ask gitbook'. (Shortcut to search: control-k on Windows or Command-K on Mac.)