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Description: Registered Reports (http://cos.io/rr) are a publication process now adopted by over 300 journals in psychological science and beyond, in which Stage 1 journal peer review occurs on a pre-registration plan prior to any data collection. Once the pre¬registration passes peer review and is approved, the journal grants authors an in-principle acceptance guaranteeing the publication of the article provided that data collection and analysis follows and intended plan. This emphasizes design, methods, and rigor, addressing issues of reviewers' and publication bias with publication of findings regardless of data collection outcomes, with the Stage 2 peer review focused solely on ensuring adherence to the Stage 1 plan (or documenting deviations). ‎"Peer Community in Registered Report"‎ (PCI-RR; https://rr.peercommunityin.org/) is a new initiative launched in 2021 that builds on Registered Reports and is aimed at improving further on Registered Reports. It provides community open identified peer-review on posted Registered Report Stage 1 preprints, led by open-science trained recommenders (editors), with in-principle acceptance from the community endorsed for publication by a variety of open-science supportive journals. This initiative also includes an option for a "scheduled review" path which allows timely community expert open-science supportive peer review within two weeks, short enough to fit into an academic year thesis schedule. PCIRR is nothing short of a revolution in science. With guided thesis students and an early-career researcher team building on work by undergraduate students in my courses, in the last three years we submitted over 25 ‎"Peer Community in Registered Report"‎ manuscripts, with some already published, and most already granted an in-principle acceptance. Overall, it has been a very positive and rewarding experience for the students and the team. In this talk I will share a bit of our experience with Registered Reports, PCIRR, and embedding PCIRR in UG/MSc thesis process and taught courses, with an invitation for you to join us lead some of our completed projects. This is part of a large-scale replications and extensions project of over 120 classic studies in judgment and decision-making and social psychology. Information on this project and how to join us can be found on: https://mgto.org/core-team/