Not if they are properly peer-reviewed as the ones mentioned within this thread claim to be. The prevention of junk is IMHO the main reason agains an all-open system as in arxiv.org
Tim On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:55:20PM +0100, Victor Bolanos-Garcia wrote: > Dear David > > > > In addition to what Partha and Tim have just said, what if the negative > results are simply due to poor experimental skills and/or lack of attention > to detail?. I guess my question is would a journal that publishes negative > results be rapidly populated with junk data?. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Victor > > > > > > > > > > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Partha > Chakrabarti > Sent: 11 July 2011 12:06 > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Fwd: Could Biological Negative Results be published? > > > > What if the negative results contradict some recent papers in big journals? > Would the PI risk his / her contacts & connections? Of course for the PhD > student or postdoc, it matters a lot to get it 'published'.. > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Bosch, Juergen <jubo...@jhsph.edu> wrote: > > http://www.jnrbm.com/ > > > > Might this be what you are looking for ? > > > > Jürgen > > > > ...................... > > Jürgen Bosch > > Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health > > Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology > > Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute > > 615 North Wolfe Street, W8708 > > Baltimore, MD 21205 > > Phone: +1-410-614-4742 > > Lab: +1-410-614-4894 > > Fax: +1-410-955-3655 > > http://web.mac.com/bosch_lab/ > > > > On Jul 11, 2011, at 6:03 AM, F.Xavier Gomis-Rüth wrote: > > > > > > Dear CCP4ers, > I think this is a very interesting initiative and it could potentially lead > to a discussion within the board. > Best, > Xavier > > > > -------- Mensaje original -------- > > > Asunto: > > Could Biological Negative Results be published? > > > Fecha: > > Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:39:52 -0500 > > > De: > > David Alcantara <mailto:listmas...@mail.arjournals.com> > <listmas...@mail.arjournals.com> > > > Para: > > f...@ibmb.csic.es > > > > Dear colleague, > > As you are well aware it is common in our field that many of our > endeavors do not lead to the results we want or expect. 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