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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
by klysm 6y ago
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.
- e2021 6y agoBut 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
- klysm 6y agoI'm referring to grants and how people get funding.
- throwaway590007 6y agoIt takes time to write a paper, even for negative results, and moreover journals charge a hefty fee.
- gus_massa 6y agoThere 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.