D1
Biomedical & Life Sciences
- Failed clinical trials and interventions
- Non-significant drug efficacy studies
- Negative genetic association and biomarker validation studies
Null, negative & inconclusive findings
International Journal of Negative Results
Open access, peer-reviewed publication of null, negative, non-confirmatory and inconclusive findings across all scientific disciplines.
Journal facts
Open access · Peer reviewed
- ISSN2641-9181
- Open access license, authors keep copyrightCC BY 4.0
- DOI registration for articlesCrossref
- Long-term preservationPortico
Scope
What we publish
IJNR publishes rigorously conducted research reporting negative, null, non-confirmatory or inconclusive findings across scientific disciplines, including unsuccessful replications, evidence-supported methodological limitations, and systematic reviews or meta-analyses of such findings. Eligible manuscripts are assessed on methodological quality, ethical standards and transparent reporting. Positive confirmatory findings fall outside the journal's remit. The full remit is on Aims and Scope.
- Null results
- Failed replications
- Non-confirmatory findings
- Negative data
- Publication bias
Outside the remit: positive confirmatory results, purely theoretical speculation without empirical testing, unsupported opinion without data, and studies lacking methodological rigor and transparency.
Disciplines
Example research domains
The journal is multidisciplinary. The four domains below are examples, not an exhaustive list, and submissions from other scientific disciplines are equally welcome; About describes each one and how the journal assesses submissions.
D2
Physical & Chemical Sciences
- Failed synthesis and catalysis attempts
- Unsuccessful materials development
- Physics experiments that did not confirm established theories
D3
Computational & Data Sciences
- Models that failed to beat baselines
- Non-reproducible computational models
- Negative machine-learning results
D4
Environmental & Earth Sciences
- Non-reproducible field studies
- Failed environmental interventions
- Climate-model predictions that did not hold
Published
Latest issue
From Volume 1, Issue 2, pages 1–56. Every article is free to read in full.
Research article
Pnpla3/Adiponutrin Deficiency in Mice Does Not Contribute to Steatohepatitis, Fibrosis or Cholestatic Liver Injury
Robert McMahon, Thierry Claudel, Claudia Fuchs, Tatjana Stojakovic, Hubert Scharnagl, Robert Zimmermann, Guenter Haemmerle, Erin E Kershaw, Michael Trauner
- Issue
- Vol 1, Issue 2, pp 40–56
- Published
- 25 March 2026
- DOI
- 10.14302/issn.2641-9181.ijnr-25-5844
Research article
Low Seroprevalence of Brucella Spp. among Remote Colombian Communities from the Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta
Regina Oakley, Simone Kann, Michèle Plag, Gustavo Concha, Anou Dreyfus, Daniel H. Paris
- Issue
- Vol 1, Issue 2, pp 30–39
- Published
- 4 August 2023
- DOI
- 10.14302/issn.2641-9181.ijnr-23-4658
Review
Adrenomedullin as a Protein with Multifunctional Behavior and Effects in Various Organs and Tissues
Fatih Ozcelik, Halime Hanim Pence, Hilal Yalcin Ozturkeri, Erdim Sertoğlu
- Issue
- Vol 1, Issue 2, pp 12–29
- Published
- 19 April 2019
- DOI
- 10.14302/issn.2641-9181.ijnr-19-2771
Review
Adaptive Contribution of Thyroid Hormones in Obesity
Fatih Ozcelik, Ali Imran Dastan, Halime Hanim Pence, Mehmet Zahit Ciraci
- Issue
- Vol 1, Issue 2, pp 1–11
- Published
- 9 January 2019
- DOI
- 10.14302/issn.2641-9181.ijnr-18-2530
Editorial board
Who reads the manuscripts
Editors assess scope, method and reporting, and their decisions are independent of fees, services and roles. Full profiles are on the Editorial Board page.
Stamford International University
National Aviation Academy of Azerbaijan; Marmara Research Center of TUBITAK
University Institute of Cancerology and Hematology of Saint-Etienne (ICHUSE), France
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Tierarzt, Hannover Medical School, Hannover
West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu
Associate Professor, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South, NSW
Chair Proffesor, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå
Associate Research Fellow and Attending Physician, Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine (Wuhan No.1 Hopital), Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan City, Hubei Province
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Port Said University, Faculty of Science, Port Said
Cairo University
Anoja Priyadarshani Attanayake
University of Ruhuna
Institute of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Process
How a manuscript is assessed
Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
Submission
The manuscript is submitted through ManuscriptZone; the simple submission form is an alternative.
Editorial check
The editors confirm scope, completeness and methodological reporting.
Peer review
Independent reviewers assess the study design, analysis and conclusions.
Decision
The editor reaches a decision on the journal’s stated criteria, informed by the reviews.
Based on independent reviewPublication
The article is published open access.
Open access, CC BY 4.0
Have a negative, null or inconclusive result?
Submit it to IJNR for peer review and open access publication, so that others can see what was tested and what was found.