A platform to gather ‘null’-result research

Science never fails. Just dig through the JUnQ to find the hidden treasures.

Science is not always about success. Most research projects are unsuccessful stories producing ambiguous or ‘null’-results that don’t lead to unambiguous conclusion. Nevertheless this ‘failed’ research provides useful and valuable information for fellow scientists.

Currently only research projects with positive results and clear conclusions have the chance to get published in scientific journals. Due to these publication practices a lot information is lost for the scientific community and additionally scientists find themselves in the dilemma of having to overinterpret data.

We have set out to change this.

With the Journal of Unsolved Questions (JUnQ) we provide a means to gather ‘null’-result research and open problems. JUnQ is a platform to communicate projects, which just didn’t work, ambiguous data without exaggeration and unfinished investigations, which raise more questions than they answer.

How to contribute

Help us to spread the idea of honest science by contributing to our journal. You can submit Articles and Open Questions. See “For Authors” for more details! Or comment on our articles, open questions or questions of the week.

New Feature on JUnQ.info: Question of the Week

Check out our new editorial board blog: Every week one member of the editorial board will publish a “Question of the Week“. We will cover unsolved questions from all topics that are currently discussed in science. The Questions of the Week are open for discussion. Feel free to leave comments on this website or send an email to JUnQ@uni-mainz.de.

See “Question of the Week” for more details!