According to Royal, negative results are not failures, but simply results a scientist did not anticipate. It is currently very difficult to publish negative results in science, Royal believes all truth should be shared, as all results, positive and negative, bring our ideas closer to the actuality of how the universe works and bring readers closer to the truth.

The aim of the new Journal of Negative Results (JNegRes) is to make ideas, data, and experiments with negative results that could not confirm the working hypotheses available to all, and to bring balance to science by publishing all results.

There has long been a need for ways of publishing previously unpublished results, as well as for opportunities to exchange ideas with a broader readership. In 2011, young researchers in Mainz, Germany, founded such a journal nameed JUNQ (Journal of Unsolved Questions), as InVitroJobs reported. (http://www.invitrojobs.com/index.php/de/aktuelles-archiv/198-journal-fuer-gescheiterte-versuchsergebnisse.html). So far, three online editions have been published.

The first issue of JNegRes is planned for 2014. The Kickstarter project can be supported by donations, at:

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