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The suggestion in the article to pre-register trials is a good one, but I'm extremely wary of a more general effort to "publish rejected research" because there
by CognitiveLens 12y ago
The suggestion in the article to pre-register trials is a good one, but I'm extremely wary of a more general effort to "publish rejected research" because there is a huge quantity of very poorly conducted research that really does not deserve publication. Most fields are already drowning in a sea of journal articles - few researchers are aware of all the published studies that might be relevant to their own work - and greatly increasing the quantity of published material will dilute the pool even further.
Replicating findings should be given higher priority, pre-registering methods and analyses should be encouraged/required, but it's important to stop short of "publish all the things".
- jonwachob91 12y agoSo don't publish the shit research in quality journals. Publish them in a general journal for negative findings. I'd also like to know who conducts quality research and who conducts shit research, cause that might influence my funding/spending patterns (if I had money to spend).
- tectec 12y ago"Shit research" is not equal to negative findings. In fact it may be the opposite. I suspect most bad research has the positive findings the researchers are looking for.