#OpenScience community! Join us for a VIRTUAL meeting SIPS@SPSP: Improving Open Science for Social-Personality Psychology (but really also everyone is welcome!). Early bird registration closes on Jan 22. @improvingpsych.org @spspnews.bsky.social

📣 Registration for both online and in-person SIPS 2026 is officially open!!!📣 SIPS 2026 is an action-oriented meeting aimed at improving psychological science. The conference sessions will focus on: ✨Initiating and conducting projects, ✨Learning new skills, ✨Discussing new ideas.

📢 PsyArXiv 12 Days of Christmas 🎄 🧑‍🎄 🎁 PsyArXiv moderators will be taking a holiday break from Dec 24 to Jan 4. Please avoid uploading work to the archive during this time to prevent a backlog, and expect some delays in moderation. We aim to clear any holiday backlog by Jan 16. Happy Holidays!

Before you head out to your Holiday break, don't forget to mark your calendar for the #SIPS2026 submission deadline! 📆 January 23 (for the in-person conference) 📆 February 27 (for the online conference

The first SORTEE (@sortee.bsky.social)–SIPS Leadership Meeting brought a vibrant discussion on how the two organizations, which share a similar mission but operate in different fields, can learn from and support one another. 🤝 Learn about the details from our blog post. 👇

Check the latest blog post about SORTEE's first joint meeting with @improvingpsych.org ✨ Board members from both societies met to explore shared challenges and opportunities for collaborations to strengthen open and rigorous science across fields. Read more here: sortee.org/blog/2025/12...

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📢 Call for submissions for #SIPS2026!📢 The SIPS community will meet next year, and we look forward to seeing you at the conferences! Don't forget to send your submission for the conference before January 23 (for the in-person conference) or February 27 (for the online conference).

📢 Call for submissions for #SIPS2026!📢 The SIPS community will meet next year, and we look forward to seeing you at the conferences! Don't forget to send your submission for the conference before January 23 (for the in-person conference) or February 27 (for the online conference).

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! 🔗

Join us for #SIPS2026! We will meet online (May 6-7, 2026) and in person in Washington, D.C., USA (June 8-10, 2026). We are looking forward to your proposals, so don't miss the submission deadlines: 📅 January 23, for in-person SIPS 2026 📅 February 27, for online SIPS 2026

Preprints posted on PsyArXiv are not only discoverable on the PsyArXiv website but also on many other platforms that index scientific manuscripts! You can learn more about the discoverability of PsyArXiv preprints from a recent blog post 👇 buff.ly/J8hJFdh

📢The submission portal for #SIPS2026 is now open!📢 We invite researchers to submit their contributions for both: ✨ online SIPS 2026 (May 6-7, 2026) ✨ in-person SIPS 2026 (June 8-10, 2026, in Arlington, Virginia, USA). We look forward to your participation!

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🏆 Individual: @simine.com, psychologist at @unimelb.bsky.social & editor-in-chief of Psychological Science, is recognized for pioneering methodological rigor, reproducibility & collaborative research, driving initiatives such as @improvingpsych.org & the journal Collabra @ucpress.bsky.social. (2/5)

Big congratulations to Simine Vazire @simine.com, 2025 individual winner of the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social Award for her work championing methodological reform in psychological science award.einsteinfoundation.de/award-winner...

🔍 Who is transforming how research is done? @simine.com, psychologist at @psychunimelb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social and 2025 Individual #EinsteinFoundationAward winner, leads the reform movement in psychology. award.einsteinfoundation.de/award-winner... (1/4)

👏Congratulations to all the winners, including SIPS co-founder Simine Vazire @simine.com , who was recognized for "pioneering methodological rigor, reproducibility, and collaborative research in psychology."🏆

PsyArXiv is pleased to welcome new member institutions! ✨Eindhoven University of Technology ✨New York University ✨Tilburg University ✨University College London Member institutions are integral to helping PsyArXiv deliver preprint posting and reading to its users at no charge.

I'm so so happy to be part of the @improvingpsych.org executive committee! SIPS has been an anchor and inspiration for me for many years, and I'm excited to be able to contribute to its important work!✨ #OpenScience

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! 🔗

When you share a preprint on #PsyArXiv, it becomes discoverable through Google Scholar, @europepmc.org OpenAlex @dimensions.ai OSF Preprints @crossref.bsky.social Metadata Search @orcid.org and more! blog.psyarxiv.com/2025/11/10/d... by Andrea Schuler #AcademicSky #OpenScience @improvingpsych.org

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! 🔗

❔ 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

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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...

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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 👇

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

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 👇

⏰⚠️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!

📅 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!)

⏰ 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

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!

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.

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

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

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!

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:

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/

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

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!

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. 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!

Only two days left to submit an application to join the IDEA Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science! The IDEA Committee promotes inclusion, diversity, equity, and access within psychological science and the broader academic community. Learn more 👇

Join our upcoming webinars “Peer Review and its Diversification”! 📅 15-16 October 2025 on Zoom 👉 Registration: forms.gle/1R4Y3d33W8bQ... 📄 Full programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #PeerReview #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025 #metasci #academicsky

Good news! And for those who weren't aware, the team's post from 20.08. is a useful read: improvingpsych.org/2025/08/20/c...