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What if the negative results contradict some recent papers in big journals?
Would the PI risk his / her contacts & connections? Of course for the PhD
student or postdoc, it matters a lot to get it 'published'..



On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Bosch, Juergen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Might this be what you are looking for ?
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> Jürgen
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> On Jul 11, 2011, at 6:03 AM, F.Xavier Gomis-Rüth wrote:
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>  Dear CCP4ers,
> I think this is a very interesting initiative and it could potentially lead
> to a discussion within the board.
> Best,
> Xavier
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> -------- Mensaje original --------  Asunto: Could Biological Negative
> Results be published?  Fecha: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:39:52 -0500  De: David
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