# The world's least important scientific journal. . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-least-important-scientific-journal/678964>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 16, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-least-important-scientific-journal/678964 "2014-01-16T14:38:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-least-important-scientific-journal/678964/1 "2014-01-16T14:38:56Z")

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. . . [and they know it!](http://www.amazon.co.uk/non-significant-Journal-Business-Consumer-Psychology/dp/095436161X)🆒

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-least-important-scientific-journal/678964/2 "2014-01-16T15:54:02Z")

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[They’re not alone.](http://www.jnrbm.com/)  
Actually, I think that one is a fantastic idea, and everyone should be forced to publish an entry in that journal when they publish a paper.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-least-important-scientific-journal/678964/3 "2014-01-16T16:09:53Z")

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Negative Results journals are a great idea.

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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-least-important-scientific-journal/678964/4 "2014-01-16T16:53:30Z")

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That’s an excellent idea, and I applaud them for it and recommend they start similar journals for other fields of inquiry.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-least-important-scientific-journal/678964/5 "2014-01-16T20:24:44Z")

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Well, there’s always [The Journal of Irreproducible Results.](http://www.jir.com/)