Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine (JNRBM) will cease to be published by BioMed Central as of 1^st September 2017. BioMed Central will continue to host an archive of all articles previously published in the journal and all articles published in JNRBM during its time with BioMed Central will remain fully searchable via the BioMed Central website.

The mission and purpose of JNRBM has always been to encourage the publication of null results, addressing bias in the literature. Since its inception, JNRBM has provided a platform for results which would otherwise have remained unpublished, and now many other journals have followed JNRBM’s lead in publishing articles reporting negative or null results. As such JNRBM has succeeded in its mission and there is no longer a need for a specific journal to host these null results. The journal will therefore be closing soon and JNRBM is no longer considering new submissions.

Aims and scope

Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine is an open access, peer reviewed journal that provides a platform for the publication and discussion of non-confirmatory and "negative" data, as well as unexpected, controversial and provocative results in the context of current tenets.

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About the Editor

Bjorn R. Olsen, Editor-in-Chief

Bjorn Olsen is Professor of Developmental Biology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine and the Dean for Research at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

"This is an exciting time for research in the life sciences. Major discoveries providing deep insights into disease mechanisms and the basis for preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are coming at a fast and furious pace. Problems that only a few years ago were beyond technical limits, can now be successfully addressed and 'old' questions can be re-examined with increasingly powerful methods. Open access journals provide the ideal environment for the rapid dissemination and discussion of all aspects of the results of this research."