Journals Should Publish All "Null" Results and Should Sparingly Publish "Positive" Results

Dealing with the positive publication bias: Why you should really publish your negative results

Studies with positive results are greatly more represented in literature than studies with negative results, producing so-called publication bias. This review aims to discuss occurring problems around negative results and to emphasize the importance of reporting negative results. Underreporting of negative results introduces bias into meta-analysis, which consequently misinforms researchers, do...

THE ‘ PAY - TO - PUBLISH ’ MODEL SHOULD BE ABOLISHED by

Scholarly journals have become increasingly expensive and unaffordable, whether for individuals or for libraries. This has been exacerbated by the enormous increase in the numbers of published articles and therefore in the per-capita consumption necessary for scholarly activity. The arrival of digital publishing and the Internet have magnified these numbers almost beyond imagination. Funders of...

The ‘pay-to-publish’ model should be abolished

Scholarly journals have become increasingly expensive and unaffordable, whether for individuals or for libraries. This has been exacerbated by the enormous increase in the numbers of published articles and therefore in the per-capita consumption necessary for scholarly activity. The arrival of digital publishing and the Internet have magnified these numbers almost beyond imagination. Funders of...

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Is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush? Or, whether scientists should publish intermediate results

A part of the scientific literature consists of intermediate results within a longer project. Scientists often publish a first result in the course of their work, while aware that they should soon achieve a more advanced result from this preliminary result. Should they follow the proverb “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”, and publish any intermediate result they get? This is the nor...