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Researchers, practitioners, & open science advocates building a better system for research evaluation. Nonprofit. We commission public evaluation & rating of hosted work. To make rigorous research more impactful, & impactful research more rigorous.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@davidmanheim.alter.org.il & Seinkmane
on "Forecasts estimate limited cultured meat production through 2050"

Anon. evaluators on "Asymmetry in Civic Information: An Experiment on Tax Participation among Informal Firms in Togo" and
"Misperceptions and Demand for Democracy under Authoritarianism"
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@davidreiley.bsky.social
on "Does online fundraising increase charitable giving? A nationwide field experiment on Facebook"

@hughjonesd.bsky.social: "Ends versus Means: Kantians, Utilitarians, and Moral Decisions"
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We should follow up on this -- there has been a lot on our plate.
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The whole process is a waste of resources and diverts effort from improving research to journal shopping. Just give the paper a public rating, don’t “reject or accept”. That’s what we do at Unjournal.org.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#development #ClimateAdaptation #agricultureRetry

This paper was suggested to us by www.aiddata.org/ (by 1 author) as being among their highest-value work meriting further evaluation. (Thanks!)

See our ‘evaluating research from impact-oriented organizations’ initiative -- bit.ly/4oahxEc.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Eva, managers also flagged identification concerns:

- Potential migration/sorting bias (healthier people moving TO irrigated areas?)

- Program timing may be endogenous (placed where conflict already decreasing?)

- Pre-trends need tighter verification (evidence of boundedly small differences)
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
E1's suggestions:

- Update to modern TWFE methodology

- Quantify output effects "in an area with a larger buffer around the irrigation system"

- Additional robustness checks
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Key concerns from E2:

"Need more context-specific information on the causal pathway" for better investment & program design

Measurement issues: surveys used _recall_ on caloric intake rather than standard nutrition indicators
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Evaluators liked the:

- Novel combination of spatial + survey data

- Basic empirical patterns (output & nutrition) considered sound

- Important policy question
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The evaluations were split:

E1: 75/100 - Strong confidence in agricultural output increases, appreciated the methodology

E2: 46/100 - Found nutrition results "credible" but had substantial doubts about causal interpretation
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
@scipost.bsky.social congratulations on your progress & thanks for all you do.
October 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM