I studied physics in university, and found it challenging to find null-result publications to cite, which can be useful when proposing a new experiment or as background info for a non-null paper.

I promised myself if I became ultra-wealthy I would start a "Journal of Null Science" to collect these publications. (this journal still doesn't exist)

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jonah-archive 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

https://www.jasnh.com , introduced in 2002: https://web.archive.org/web/20020601214717/https://www.apa.o...

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Bluestein 5 days ago | parent [-]

This is really really so necessary ...

If really pro science, some non-profit should really fund this sort of research.-

PS. Heck, if nothing else, it'd give synthetic intellection systems somewhere to not go with their research, and their agency and such ...

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timr 5 days ago | parent [-]

Before tackling that, a non-profit should fund well-designed randomized controlled trials in areas where none exist. Which is most of them. Commit to funding and publishing the trial, regardless of outcome, once a cross-disciplinary panel of disinterested experts on trial statistics approve the pre-registered methodology. If there are too many qualified studies to fund, choose randomly.

This alone would probably kill off a lot of fraudulent science in areas like nutrition and psychology. It's what the government should be doing with NIH and NSF funding, but is not.

If you manage to get a good RCT through execution & publication, that should make your career, regardless of outcome.

	▲	Bluestein 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		> should fund well-designed randomized controlled trials in areas where none exist. Indeed. That is the "baseline"-setting science, you are much correct.-

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esafak 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://journal.trialanderror.org/

http://arjournals.com/

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fleischhauf 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

could just be online for a start, then it's just time for the organization that you'd need. sounds like a fun project to be honest