The Importance of Negativity

In a time and age where academic and scientific publishers opted again and again to publish only positive results, what would be an History of Science and Technology if there had been a different approach towards the publication of negative results?

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Universidade do Porto
Published
2025-12-31
DOI
https://doi.org/10.34626/2184-9978/2025_vol5_n1_2089
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History of Science and Medicine
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The Importance of Negativity

A.M.P. Rodriguez, Ana Moura
Universidade do Porto
History of Science and Medicine
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The Importance of Negativity

A.M.P. Rodriguez, Ana Moura
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Abstract

In a time and age where academic and scientific publishers opted again and again to publish only positive results, what would be an History of Science and Technology if there had been a different approach towards the publication of negative results?

Universidade do Porto
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History of Science and Medicine
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