Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results

Curry, Stephen, Mercado-Lara, Eunice, Arechavala-Gomeza, Virginia, Begley, C. Glenn, Bernard, Christophe, Bernard, René, Bertuzzi, Stefano, Bhalla, Needhi, Bowers, Dawn, Brod, Samuel, Chambers, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6058-4114, Dougherty, Michael R., Bueso, Yensi Flores, Forner, Stefânia, Freeman, Alexandra L. J., Haas, Magali, Henderson, Darla P., Khanna, Kanika, Lawrence, Rebecca, Liakath-Ali, Kif, Liu, Christine, Malhotra, Neil, Merino, José G., Miguel, Edward, Miles, Rachel, Munson, Mary, Nakagawa, Shinichi, Nobles, Robert, Owango, Joy, Pham, Michel Tuan, Poe, Gina, Ramirez, Alexandra N., Sarabipour, Sarvenaz, Silverman, Jill L., Smith, Laura N., Sriramarao, P., Sternberg, Paul W., Swamy, Geeta K., Tansey, Malú Gámez, Torres, Gonzalo E., Turner, Erick H., von Klinggraeff, Lauren and Weis-Garcia, Frances 2025. Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results. PLoS Biology 23 (9) , e3003368. 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003368

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Abstract

Sharing knowledge is a basic tenet of the scientific community, yet publication bias arising from the reluctance or inability to publish negative or null results remains a long-standing and deep-seated problem, albeit one that varies in severity between disciplines and study types. Recognizing that previous endeavors to address the issue have been fragmentary and largely unsuccessful, this Consensus View proposes concrete and concerted measures that major stakeholders can take to create and incentivize new pathways for publishing negative results. Funders, research institutions, publishers, learned societies, and the research community all have a role in making this an achievable norm that will buttress public trust in science.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Psychology Research Institutes & Centres > Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC)
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
ISSN:	1544-9173
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 September 2025
Last Modified:	30 Sep 2025 10:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/181405

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