Do academic publication standards reflect or determine research results? The article proposes minimal criteria for distinguishing useful 'unpublishable' results from low-quality research, and argues that the virtues of negative results have been overlooked. We consider the fate these results have suffered thus far, review arguments for and against their publication and introduce a new initiative -a journal to disseminate negative results and advance debate on their recognition and use.

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In general, research results are perceived to be good and positive things. A carefully

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