Write up your negative findings! |
| We encourage you to join us in helping to reduce the current positive publication bias in the scientific record. In addition to more traditional full-length research papers, we also accept good-quality single-observation articles, data articles (i.e. a dataset plus protocol), and negative- and null-result submissions. If you have negative results in your lab notebooks from well-conducted studies, this is the time to write them up and submit them to F1000Research during our free grace period! |
Negative, and proud of it! |
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| At F1000Research, we pride ourselves on transparency and openness, and we encourage the publication of all sound science - not just those studies that result in positive findings. That is why from now until the end of August, we are waiving the article processing fee for articles that report negative or null findings. Find out more about this initiative. Quote codeNR13for free submission when you submit your negative results paper. |
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| Supporters of this initiative include "Bad Pharma" author Ben Goldacre:
"Evidence has shown repeatedly that studies with negative results - most notably clinical trials - are grossly under-reported in the literature, leading to publication bias that is ultimately harming patients. This is why we launched the AllTrials campaign for the registration and reporting of all clinical trials, and also why this is an important initiative from F1000Research." |
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| We've already started publishing negative results articles: last month we published an article by Mark Peterson of Indiana University, about the genetics of song birds. Mark's work looked for sequence variants of two genes (known to affect migration) between migratory and non-migratory birds, but did not find a correlation in the species he studied. Read Mark's article and his interview on our blog, in which he answers a few questions about his work and about the importance of publishing negative results. |
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Submit your paper: |
| Please read our straightforward author guidelines and then submit using our very simple submission system, quoting code NR13 at step 6. If you have any questions about submitting your work or to find out more about F1000Research, please contact us at research@f1000.com. |
With kind regards, Rebecca
Rebecca Lawrence Managing Director F1000Research
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