Tag: publishing
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Bringing discussion back to science
Opportunities for debating failure have gradually been removed from the academic literature. The Journal of Trial and Error (JOTE) envisions to become a platform where scientific failure can be openly discussed. Not only will it publish articles on research containing methodological and/or conceptual errors, JOTE will also invite subject specialists and scholars of science to…
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The Forgotten Nooks and Crannies of Scholarship
There is no such thing as the typical scientific journal: some are highly specialized, while others focus on a very narrow field of knowledge; some target a small audience of highly-specialized peers, while others aim to serve a wider audience; some are product of one individual’s committed efforts, others are, in a way, the club…
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The Manifesto for Trial and Error in Science
It is now more than a year ago that we, master students at the Descartes Center for History and Philosophy of Science and the Humanities at Utrecht University, started the Journal of Trial and Error: a platform that encourages researchers to publish and discuss failure. In other words, we facilitate scientists to publish results that…