New academic journal only publishes 'unsurprising' research rejected by others

Re:New academic journal only publishes 'unsurprising' resear... by klysm on Thursday August 20, 2020 @06:20PM (#24229697)

The problem is researchers aren't going to want/be able to spend the time to properly document negative/unsurprising results. The financial incentives in place don't support it despite its incredible value.

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Re:New academic journal only publishes 'unsurprising' resear... by e2021 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @09:01PM (#24230819)

But isn't the reason they don't want to write it up because they know they won't get any credit for it? That is exactly what this is trying to remedy

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Re:New academic journal only publishes 'unsurprising' resear... by gus_massa on Friday August 21, 2020 @09:50AM (#24234854)

There are many method to evaluate the work.

Sometimes it is just the count the number of published papers, or that dividing by the number of authors, or some weight if you are the first or the last author.

Number of citations, h-index, ...

About the journal, there is the impact factor and many somewhat arbitrary ranks...

A paper in a totally obscure journal that is not cited by other papers, has the same weight than a blog post.

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Re:New academic journal only publishes 'unsurprising' resear... by throwaway590007 on Friday August 21, 2020 @02:46AM (#24232650)

It takes time to write a paper, even for negative results, and moreover journals charge a hefty fee.

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Re:New academic journal only publishes 'unsurprising' resear... by klysm on Thursday August 20, 2020 @09:45PM (#24231108)

I'm referring to grants and how people get funding.

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