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Null and void

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  • Jonathan Knight

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Many scientific studies produce negative results that never see the light of day. Is progress in some disciplines being hampered by researchers' tendencies to consign these data to the bin? Jonathan Knight investigates.

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  • Jonathan Knight, 2003. "Null and void," Nature, Nature, vol. 422(6932), pages 554-555, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:422:y:2003:i:6932:d:10.1038_422554a
    DOI: 10.1038/422554a
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    1. Daniele Fanelli, 2013. "Positive results receive more citations, but only in some disciplines," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 94(2), pages 701-709, February.
    2. Eisend, Martin & Tarrahi, Farid, 2014. "Meta-analysis selection bias in marketing research," International Journal of Research in Marketing, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 317-326.
    3. Marije Sloff & Rob de Vries & Paul Geutjes & Joanna IntHout & Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga & Egbert Oosterwijk & Wout Feitz, 2014. "Tissue Engineering in Animal Models for Urinary Diversion: A Systematic Review," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(6), pages 1-10, June.
    4. Daniele Fanelli, 2012. "Negative results are disappearing from most disciplines and countries," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 90(3), pages 891-904, March.
    5. Xueying Liu & Haoran Zhu, 2023. "Linguistic positivity in soft and hard disciplines: temporal dynamics, disciplinary variation, and the relationship with research impact," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(5), pages 3107-3127, May.

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