Have you seen negative results contradicting published studies get published in good journals?
I’m curious whether anyone has seen papers reporting negative results that contradict previously published positive findings, but still getting published in reasonably good journals (e.g., solid field journals with decent impact factors).
In particular, cases where the study carefully tested a reported effect but could not reproduce it, or found results that challenge the original conclusion.
If you know examples (papers or journals), I’d really appreciate it if you could share them. I’m trying to understand where this type of work tends to be published.
Thanks.
Posted Mar 5, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC
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