I don't think requiring novelty is respect for a reader's time. I think requiring high quality is respect, even if it is adding to existing bodies of evidence.

I don't think requiring novelty is respect for a reader's time. I think requiring high quality is respect, even if it is adding to existing bodies of evidence. Novel drivel is just drivel regardless of its novelty; it requires high quality analysis and research for anyone to get any benefit from that newness.