Open AccessSomeone's loss might be your gain: A case of negative results publications in science
Author(s) -
Curty Renata G.,
Tang Jian
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14504901325
Subject(s) - publishing , citation , biomedicine , productivity , diversity (politics) , citation impact , political science , academic community , bibliometrics , social science , sociology , psychology , library science , economics , biology , law , computer science , economic growth , genetics
This poster reports a research in progress which investigates the academic influence of a scientific journal dedicated to publishing negative results. Based on a case study of Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine (JNRBM), this research examines the academic influence of this journal through citation impact, authors' productivity, and authorship international diversity. Preliminary findings show that JNRBM has an active participation of international scholars with high productivity in their academic disciplines, while citation counts of published articles are still polarized. These results imply that journals publishing negative results are beneficial for triggering discussions and debates on current models, and tenets or dogmas, although they still gain limited attention from the academic community.