Negative results: Null and void

被引:55
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Knight, J
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[1] writes for Nature from San Francisco,
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10.1038/422554a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
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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