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Use when you need to understand how Psychological Science evaluates a manuscript — anonymized peer review, editorial weighting of robustness, transparency, and preregistration quality, desk-reject and decline-without-review patterns, and the Registered Reports route. Use when stress-testing a paper before submission or interpreting a decision letter. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.

When to use

• stress-testing a manuscript before submission
• deciding whether to use the Registered Reports route
• interpreting a decision letter
• setting expectations for review
• shaping the paper to survive review
• understanding anonymized peer review
• understanding editorial weighting of robustness and transparency
• understanding desk-reject and decline-without-review patterns

When not to use

• contacting editors

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