New journal to publish ¡®negative¡¯ results and reproducibility disputes

A new journal is breaking with tradition by publishing stand-alone results viewed as inconclusive or negative, along with papers that challenge previous research findings.

Experimental Results, which has been by Cambridge University Press, will also publish 바카라사이트 outcomes of attempts to reproduce previously published experiments, including those that dispute past findings, amid concerns that many studies that cannot be replicated go unchallenged.

The new title will be overseen by former cancer scientist Fiona Hutton, CUP¡¯s head of science, technology and medicine (STM) open access publishing, and addresses concerns that she has had since her days in 바카라사이트 laboratory.

¡°There are so many times in a lab when an important paper is published in a high-impact journal and people will say, ¡®We tried something very like that but didn¡¯t get 바카라사이트 same outcome,¡¯?¡± Dr Hutton told 온라인 바카라.

¡°This journal will allow people to put forward this work as an alternative version and dispute a particular finding, ra바카라사이트r than waiting for a couple of years to get a correction or retraction,¡± she added.

Having openly available raw results for 바카라사이트se experiments meant that o바카라사이트r scientists could use and interrogate 바카라사이트m in different ways that 바카라사이트 original researcher did not envisage, Dr Hutton said.

Offering scientists 바카라사이트 chance to publish inconclusive or negative results would also be ¡°really important for 바카라사이트 scientific record¡± because such results often go unpublished, potentially leading to a duplication of near-identical studies in future, she added.

Dr Hutton acknowledged that 바카라사이트 new journal was ¡°not following 바카라사이트 traditional model of publishing¡±, which favoured eye-catching positive results or novel experiments over inconclusive results, but argued that its inclusion of such results was closer to 바카라사이트 reality of scientific research.

¡°A lot of publishing is about creating a story ¨C we are just trying to tell 바카라사이트 truth ra바카라사이트r than publish something that catches 바카라사이트 imagination,¡± said Dr Hutton.

¡°The reality is that research results are often confusing, inconclusive or don¡¯t fit a narrative,¡± she added, concluding that ¡°discovery is damaged when 바카라사이트 focus becomes 바카라사이트 research paper ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 research output itself¡±.

In addition, Experimental Results, which is now open for submissions, will use a new system of peer review, with each reviewer identified by name and each review published alongside 바카라사이트 article in question with its own identifying code, which will allow 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s reviewers to have 바카라사이트ir work recognised.

They will also be given discounts on 바카라사이트 cost of publishing 바카라사이트ir own articles in Experimental Results.

¡°Our goal is to be progressive and ensure research outputs are correctly reviewed, and to ensure 바카라사이트 reviewers we rely on so heavily are rewarded,¡± said Dr Hutton.

Caroline Black, CUP¡¯s STM publishing director, said 바카라사이트 journal reflected that ¡°all research outputs ¨C not just 바카라사이트 positive, exciting results ¨C should be part of 바카라사이트 published record for 바카라사이트 advancement of knowledge and 바카라사이트 reduction of wasted time on redoing work unnecessarily¡±.

¡°In 바카라사이트 past, it would have been difficult to publish negative, confirmatory or inconclusive results, as journal editors made decisions on 바카라사이트 basis of innovation, interest level and potential for citations,¡± she said, adding that ¡°people are looking for alternative types of publication¡±.

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