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As you may be aware, a large number of previously-public preprints posted on PsyArXiv have become inaccessible in the past 24 hours. We know this is disruptive to many people and organizations who …
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Join the virtual SIPS@SPSP 2026: Community Action Meeting — “Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology.”
💡 Topics: Registered reports, open data, replications, diversity & inclusion
🧠 Hands-on sessions + hackathons
🌍 All career stages welcome!
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💡 Topics: Registered reports, open data, replications, diversity & inclusion
🧠 Hands-on sessions + hackathons
🌍 All career stages welcome!
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Preconferences | SPSP
Explore SPSP Annual Convention preconferences—specialized sessions offering in-depth insights, networking, and collaboration in personality and social psychology.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Join the virtual SIPS@SPSP 2026: Community Action Meeting — “Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology.”
💡 Topics: Registered reports, open data, replications, diversity & inclusion
🧠 Hands-on sessions + hackathons
🌍 All career stages welcome!
🔗
💡 Topics: Registered reports, open data, replications, diversity & inclusion
🧠 Hands-on sessions + hackathons
🌍 All career stages welcome!
🔗
❔ Are you looking for a home for your new manuscript?
💡 Submit to 'Collabra: Psychology', an official SIPS open access journal!
✨ We welcome submissions in several fields of psychology.
✨ Our primary evaluation criteria are rigor and integrity.
Learn more
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💡 Submit to 'Collabra: Psychology', an official SIPS open access journal!
✨ We welcome submissions in several fields of psychology.
✨ Our primary evaluation criteria are rigor and integrity.
Learn more
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November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
❔ Are you looking for a home for your new manuscript?
💡 Submit to 'Collabra: Psychology', an official SIPS open access journal!
✨ We welcome submissions in several fields of psychology.
✨ Our primary evaluation criteria are rigor and integrity.
Learn more
buff.ly/u5EpAbL
💡 Submit to 'Collabra: Psychology', an official SIPS open access journal!
✨ We welcome submissions in several fields of psychology.
✨ Our primary evaluation criteria are rigor and integrity.
Learn more
buff.ly/u5EpAbL
👕 Wear your commitment to improving psychological science!
Whether presenting a talk, joining a conference, or enjoying a social event—do it in style! 🔥
You can purchase the official SIPS merch here 👉
Whether presenting a talk, joining a conference, or enjoying a social event—do it in style! 🔥
You can purchase the official SIPS merch here 👉
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Check out SIPS on Bonfire and shop official merchandise today! Featuring limited edition custom apparel, printed with care in the USA just for you.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
👕 Wear your commitment to improving psychological science!
Whether presenting a talk, joining a conference, or enjoying a social event—do it in style! 🔥
You can purchase the official SIPS merch here 👉
Whether presenting a talk, joining a conference, or enjoying a social event—do it in style! 🔥
You can purchase the official SIPS merch here 👉
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Issue 19 of RDM Weekly is out! 🎃
- Handbook for Reproduction and Replication Studies @forrt.bsky.social
- A Crowdsourced Effort to Develop a Lab Manual Template @improvingpsych.org
- So, What’s the Deal with rlang, Anyway? @veerle.hypebright.nl
and more!
rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
- Handbook for Reproduction and Replication Studies @forrt.bsky.social
- A Crowdsourced Effort to Develop a Lab Manual Template @improvingpsych.org
- So, What’s the Deal with rlang, Anyway? @veerle.hypebright.nl
and more!
rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Issue 19 of RDM Weekly is out! 🎃
- Handbook for Reproduction and Replication Studies @forrt.bsky.social
- A Crowdsourced Effort to Develop a Lab Manual Template @improvingpsych.org
- So, What’s the Deal with rlang, Anyway? @veerle.hypebright.nl
and more!
rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
- Handbook for Reproduction and Replication Studies @forrt.bsky.social
- A Crowdsourced Effort to Develop a Lab Manual Template @improvingpsych.org
- So, What’s the Deal with rlang, Anyway? @veerle.hypebright.nl
and more!
rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
PsyArXiv can deliver preprint posting and reading services to its users at no charge thanks to the generous support of member institutions!
Let's give them a round of applause for their support and encourage others to follow suit!👏👏👏
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Let's give them a round of applause for their support and encourage others to follow suit!👏👏👏
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PsyArXiv Member Institutions – PsyArXiv Blog
The PsyArXiv Scientific Advisory Board would like to express deepest gratitude to all of our member institutions.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
PsyArXiv can deliver preprint posting and reading services to its users at no charge thanks to the generous support of member institutions!
Let's give them a round of applause for their support and encourage others to follow suit!👏👏👏
buff.ly/QjJZpgn
Let's give them a round of applause for their support and encourage others to follow suit!👏👏👏
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Are you interested in
✨ registered reports,
✨ open data,
✨ replications, and
✨ diversity science?
If the answer is yes, then you should join us for the online SIPS@SPSP Preconference on February 24, 2026!
The registration is open, and discount codes are available.
More 👇
✨ registered reports,
✨ open data,
✨ replications, and
✨ diversity science?
If the answer is yes, then you should join us for the online SIPS@SPSP Preconference on February 24, 2026!
The registration is open, and discount codes are available.
More 👇
Preconferences | SPSP
Explore SPSP Annual Convention preconferences—specialized sessions offering in-depth insights, networking, and collaboration in personality and social psychology.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Are you interested in
✨ registered reports,
✨ open data,
✨ replications, and
✨ diversity science?
If the answer is yes, then you should join us for the online SIPS@SPSP Preconference on February 24, 2026!
The registration is open, and discount codes are available.
More 👇
✨ registered reports,
✨ open data,
✨ replications, and
✨ diversity science?
If the answer is yes, then you should join us for the online SIPS@SPSP Preconference on February 24, 2026!
The registration is open, and discount codes are available.
More 👇
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Curious about becoming a PCI Psych recommender, but not sure if you should? Here's a short video with some reasons why it might be time to sign up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BDr... #PsychSciSky #SciPub
Why be a recommender for a PCI?
The project "Peer Community in (PCI)" (https://peercommunityin.org/) has been launched in January 2017 and now counts 11 communities: PCI Evolutionary Biology (https://evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/),…
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October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Curious about becoming a PCI Psych recommender, but not sure if you should? Here's a short video with some reasons why it might be time to sign up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BDr... #PsychSciSky #SciPub
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New Open Research in Practice case study:
The Feminist WonderLab Collective: An ECR space to support feminist practices and Open Scholarship by Dr Zlatomira Ilchovska, Postdoctoral Research Associate
@yorkpsychology.bsky.social
Read about their work on our wiki 👇
The Feminist WonderLab Collective: An ECR space to support feminist practices and Open Scholarship by Dr Zlatomira Ilchovska, Postdoctoral Research Associate
@yorkpsychology.bsky.social
Read about their work on our wiki 👇
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October 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
New Open Research in Practice case study:
The Feminist WonderLab Collective: An ECR space to support feminist practices and Open Scholarship by Dr Zlatomira Ilchovska, Postdoctoral Research Associate
@yorkpsychology.bsky.social
Read about their work on our wiki 👇
The Feminist WonderLab Collective: An ECR space to support feminist practices and Open Scholarship by Dr Zlatomira Ilchovska, Postdoctoral Research Associate
@yorkpsychology.bsky.social
Read about their work on our wiki 👇
⏰⚠️Preconference Submission Portal closes today (October 23, 11:59pm PT)!
If you still haven't sent your poster or flash talk submission, don't wait any longer! We want to hear from you at SIPS@SPSP Community Action Meeting 2026: Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology!
If you still haven't sent your poster or flash talk submission, don't wait any longer! We want to hear from you at SIPS@SPSP Community Action Meeting 2026: Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology!
October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
⏰⚠️Preconference Submission Portal closes today (October 23, 11:59pm PT)!
If you still haven't sent your poster or flash talk submission, don't wait any longer! We want to hear from you at SIPS@SPSP Community Action Meeting 2026: Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology!
If you still haven't sent your poster or flash talk submission, don't wait any longer! We want to hear from you at SIPS@SPSP Community Action Meeting 2026: Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology!
📅 Mark your calendars for SIPS 2026! 📅
The SIPS 2026 in-person conference will take place in Washington, DC, June 8-10, 2026.
The conference will be at the George Mason University Arlington, Virginia campus (thanks to @natonge.bsky.social, our 2026 local host!)
The SIPS 2026 in-person conference will take place in Washington, DC, June 8-10, 2026.
The conference will be at the George Mason University Arlington, Virginia campus (thanks to @natonge.bsky.social, our 2026 local host!)
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
📅 Mark your calendars for SIPS 2026! 📅
The SIPS 2026 in-person conference will take place in Washington, DC, June 8-10, 2026.
The conference will be at the George Mason University Arlington, Virginia campus (thanks to @natonge.bsky.social, our 2026 local host!)
The SIPS 2026 in-person conference will take place in Washington, DC, June 8-10, 2026.
The conference will be at the George Mason University Arlington, Virginia campus (thanks to @natonge.bsky.social, our 2026 local host!)
⏰ Only a few days left for the poster and flash talk submissions for the online preconference SIPS@SPSP.
✨We are particularly interested in replication research in social-personality psychology.
✨Submissions from students and other trainees are welcome.
Submit 👉 buff.ly/7pHjP1D
✨We are particularly interested in replication research in social-personality psychology.
✨Submissions from students and other trainees are welcome.
Submit 👉 buff.ly/7pHjP1D
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October 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
⏰ Only a few days left for the poster and flash talk submissions for the online preconference SIPS@SPSP.
✨We are particularly interested in replication research in social-personality psychology.
✨Submissions from students and other trainees are welcome.
Submit 👉 buff.ly/7pHjP1D
✨We are particularly interested in replication research in social-personality psychology.
✨Submissions from students and other trainees are welcome.
Submit 👉 buff.ly/7pHjP1D
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SIPS@SPSP submission deadline is coming up! October 23! Submit your poster or flash talk about #metascience or #replication research in social-personality psychology soon! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... @improvingpsych.org @spspnews.bsky.social
2026 Preconference Submission Portal
Use this submission form for all preconference submissions. Select your preconference first as this may change submission fields. The submission guide can be found here .
You may submit to multi...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
SIPS@SPSP submission deadline is coming up! October 23! Submit your poster or flash talk about #metascience or #replication research in social-personality psychology soon! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... @improvingpsych.org @spspnews.bsky.social
Dear PsyArXiv users,
The moderation functions on the OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, have been repaired. 🔧
We are working to moderate any submissions that have been delayed, and expect a return to normal moderation wait times (24-72hs) soon.
Thank you for your patience!
The moderation functions on the OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, have been repaired. 🔧
We are working to moderate any submissions that have been delayed, and expect a return to normal moderation wait times (24-72hs) soon.
Thank you for your patience!
October 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Dear PsyArXiv users,
The moderation functions on the OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, have been repaired. 🔧
We are working to moderate any submissions that have been delayed, and expect a return to normal moderation wait times (24-72hs) soon.
Thank you for your patience!
The moderation functions on the OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, have been repaired. 🔧
We are working to moderate any submissions that have been delayed, and expect a return to normal moderation wait times (24-72hs) soon.
Thank you for your patience!
Registration is open for the online preconference: SIPS@SPSP Community Action Meeting 2026: Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology!
We will touch on topics such as:
✨ registered reports,
✨ open data,
✨ replications, and
✨ diversity science.
We will touch on topics such as:
✨ registered reports,
✨ open data,
✨ replications, and
✨ diversity science.
spsp.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Registration is open for the online preconference: SIPS@SPSP Community Action Meeting 2026: Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology!
We will touch on topics such as:
✨ registered reports,
✨ open data,
✨ replications, and
✨ diversity science.
We will touch on topics such as:
✨ registered reports,
✨ open data,
✨ replications, and
✨ diversity science.
Metadata matters!
If you submit a preprint to PsyArXiv, to ensure smooth acceptance, don't forget to fill out the metadata correctly.
Below you will find a few tips, but detailed guidelines are at 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
If you submit a preprint to PsyArXiv, to ensure smooth acceptance, don't forget to fill out the metadata correctly.
Below you will find a few tips, but detailed guidelines are at 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Metadata matters!
If you submit a preprint to PsyArXiv, to ensure smooth acceptance, don't forget to fill out the metadata correctly.
Below you will find a few tips, but detailed guidelines are at 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
If you submit a preprint to PsyArXiv, to ensure smooth acceptance, don't forget to fill out the metadata correctly.
Below you will find a few tips, but detailed guidelines are at 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
Submissions to the online preconference SIPS@SPSP Community Action Meeting 2026: Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology are now open!🚀
📅 Deadline October 23rd!
The preconference will be held on Zoom on February 24, 2026.
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📅 Deadline October 23rd!
The preconference will be held on Zoom on February 24, 2026.
buff.ly/YCOMeUt
spsp.wufoo.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Submissions to the online preconference SIPS@SPSP Community Action Meeting 2026: Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology are now open!🚀
📅 Deadline October 23rd!
The preconference will be held on Zoom on February 24, 2026.
buff.ly/YCOMeUt
📅 Deadline October 23rd!
The preconference will be held on Zoom on February 24, 2026.
buff.ly/YCOMeUt
Dear PsyArXiv users!
The OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, has updated the PsyArXiv user interface! Unfortunately, some key moderation functions need repairs after the upgrade. This will delay some moderation decisions this week. 🔧
Thank you for your patience!
The OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, has updated the PsyArXiv user interface! Unfortunately, some key moderation functions need repairs after the upgrade. This will delay some moderation decisions this week. 🔧
Thank you for your patience!
October 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Dear PsyArXiv users!
The OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, has updated the PsyArXiv user interface! Unfortunately, some key moderation functions need repairs after the upgrade. This will delay some moderation decisions this week. 🔧
Thank you for your patience!
The OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, has updated the PsyArXiv user interface! Unfortunately, some key moderation functions need repairs after the upgrade. This will delay some moderation decisions this week. 🔧
Thank you for your patience!
Have you done (or are you planning) a replication of a social-personality finding?
Then submit a poster or flash talk on it to the virtual SIPS@SPSP preconference, happening online on February 24, 2026.
🔗 Find out more:
Then submit a poster or flash talk on it to the virtual SIPS@SPSP preconference, happening online on February 24, 2026.
🔗 Find out more:
2026 Preconference Submission Portal
Use this submission form for all preconference submissions. Select your preconference first as this may change submission fields. The submission guide can be found here . You may submit to multiple preconferences....
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October 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Have you done (or are you planning) a replication of a social-personality finding?
Then submit a poster or flash talk on it to the virtual SIPS@SPSP preconference, happening online on February 24, 2026.
🔗 Find out more:
Then submit a poster or flash talk on it to the virtual SIPS@SPSP preconference, happening online on February 24, 2026.
🔗 Find out more:
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Our full 2025 program and schedule are now up on our website! We've got so many great presentations lined up, you won't want to miss it!
bigteamscienceconference.github.io/program/
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program
Note: The live conference schedule with links to sessions will be provided to conference registrants via email. To access the live schedule, REGISTER NOW *** >>> View the 2025 BTSCON Program *** > Not...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Our full 2025 program and schedule are now up on our website! We've got so many great presentations lined up, you won't want to miss it!
bigteamscienceconference.github.io/program/
bigteamscienceconference.github.io/program/
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It has been an amazing experience to be President of @improvingpsych.org for the past year. There aren't many societies that would engage early career researchers in leadership, but SIPS is very special 🧡✨
October 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It has been an amazing experience to be President of @improvingpsych.org for the past year. There aren't many societies that would engage early career researchers in leadership, but SIPS is very special 🧡✨
Friendly reminder for those submitting manuscripts to PsyArXiv!
Upon submission, moderators will check the preprint (i.e., the PDF file) and the metadata (i.e., the submission form) to ensure it fulfills the guidelines. Make sure you follow them!
For details 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
Upon submission, moderators will check the preprint (i.e., the PDF file) and the metadata (i.e., the submission form) to ensure it fulfills the guidelines. Make sure you follow them!
For details 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Friendly reminder for those submitting manuscripts to PsyArXiv!
Upon submission, moderators will check the preprint (i.e., the PDF file) and the metadata (i.e., the submission form) to ensure it fulfills the guidelines. Make sure you follow them!
For details 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
Upon submission, moderators will check the preprint (i.e., the PDF file) and the metadata (i.e., the submission form) to ensure it fulfills the guidelines. Make sure you follow them!
For details 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
Dear PsyArXiv users!
The OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, will be unavailable this Saturday, October 4, from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm UTC (7:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT) for scheduled maintenance.🔧
Thank you for your patience!
The OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, will be unavailable this Saturday, October 4, from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm UTC (7:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT) for scheduled maintenance.🔧
Thank you for your patience!
October 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Dear PsyArXiv users!
The OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, will be unavailable this Saturday, October 4, from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm UTC (7:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT) for scheduled maintenance.🔧
Thank you for your patience!
The OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, will be unavailable this Saturday, October 4, from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm UTC (7:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT) for scheduled maintenance.🔧
Thank you for your patience!
This also applies to PsyArXiv, since it is hosted on OSF.
🚧 Downtime Reminder 🚧
OSF will be offline Sat., October 4 from 9am–~5pm ET while we deploy the updated OSF interface.
Saved content will remain available, but be sure to save in-progress wiki edits, preprints, & project drafts beforehand & close any open tabs.
More info:
OSF will be offline Sat., October 4 from 9am–~5pm ET while we deploy the updated OSF interface.
Saved content will remain available, but be sure to save in-progress wiki edits, preprints, & project drafts beforehand & close any open tabs.
More info:
Coming Soon: A New Look for OSF
In early October 2025, the Open Science Framework (OSF) will launch a refreshed design that makes the platform easier to navigate and use. The update modernizes the interface and improves performance, while preserving the familiar workflows that users are accustomed to.
www.cos.io
October 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This also applies to PsyArXiv, since it is hosted on OSF.
SIPS community members worked through the years to develop many resources that help to improve psychological sciences. We gathered them all, so you can find everything you need in one place.
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SIPS Products
If you have a project that started or developed at SIPS, or have updates on listed products, we would love to hear about it! Please email sips@improvingpsych.org to have it added to this list or up…
buff.ly
October 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
SIPS community members worked through the years to develop many resources that help to improve psychological sciences. We gathered them all, so you can find everything you need in one place.
buff.ly/QIX07s3
buff.ly/QIX07s3
Don't let minor submission errors delay the publication of your research! 📝 🔬
Remember to check the full guidelines when submitting the manuscript to PsyArXiv (buff.ly/M3cRBW2).
Below, we also have a few friendly reminders!
Remember to check the full guidelines when submitting the manuscript to PsyArXiv (buff.ly/M3cRBW2).
Below, we also have a few friendly reminders!
September 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Don't let minor submission errors delay the publication of your research! 📝 🔬
Remember to check the full guidelines when submitting the manuscript to PsyArXiv (buff.ly/M3cRBW2).
Below, we also have a few friendly reminders!
Remember to check the full guidelines when submitting the manuscript to PsyArXiv (buff.ly/M3cRBW2).
Below, we also have a few friendly reminders!