If there’s journals that only publish interesting results, these get more attention. Researchers trying to score points aim to be published by these. This giv

If there’s journals that only publish interesting results, these get more attention. Researchers trying to score points aim to be published by these. This gives them incentives to try new stuff, disregard boring results (like negative results) and for those inclined, to cheat. These tend to push the journal profile, at least until something like the replication crisis. It’s a positive feedback loop in all it’s glory