Save the date! .On October 7th, we will hold our very first Symposium on Trial and Error. Here we will hand out the 2025 T&E Award for an article discussing a negative or unexpected outcome. We are accepting nominations until June 30th here:

Deadline extended!. Nominate work on failure or with negative/null results in science for the Trial and Error Award - now open until July 15!. Winner will be announced at the symposium on Oct. 7th. Nominate now >

In 2024, a surgical journal published a case study set on Saturn. This thought experiment sparked debate among science sleuths: What counts as a legitimate correction to the scientific record?. Read our latest blog post by Mady Barbeitas:. JOTExNanoBubbles

New reflection on the Dutch STRIDER trial! .Despite hopes, prenatal sildenafil showed no benefit for fetal growth restriction - and even increased risks. This article looks back at a sub study using RNA sequencing to understand why. Read the article here:.

Education reform is difficult, and in constant tension with tradition. For a special issue on Open Education, proposals and submissions are open, read more here:

Nominations for the 2025 T&E award are closing soon! Celebrating the importance of ‘failed research’, nominations for the Award are open until June 30th!

Does art have a function in a science-dominated world? An artistic project in an elderly care facility resulted in positive outcomes, and valuable lessons:

Mark your calendars for October 7th! The first Trial and Error Symposium will be held, with presentations, interactive workshops, and the Award Ceremony for the 2025 Trial and Error Award! Hope to see you there!

What fuels metascience?. STS-scholar @penders.bsky.social explores how the movement is shaped by Wissenschaftschmerz - a nostalgia for lost modernist ideals - as well as the hope to ‘rebuild’ science. Presented by JOTE x @_Nano_Bubbles . Read it here:.

“Peer reviews cause unnecessary delays to breakthroughs.” This idea led to some research being available pre-review during the COVID pandemic. But new perspectives suggest preprinting is a bad idea:

Designing a clinical trial can be hard. The PENTACON trial compared two techniques for eye surgery, but was cancelled due to various reasons. But from its failure, important lessons emerge:

JOTE's publishing work manifests itself in real life!. The University in Transition, a book written by the rectorate of Utrecht University and published (OA) by JOTE, is now featured in a new mural on the Utrecht Science Park! The books were chosen by students. Artist: JanIsDeMan

Off to Vienna for a holiday, he claimed… but of course, JOTE chair @StefanGaillard couldn’t pass up the chance to preach the importance of publishing null and failed results!. Great to hear the European Geosciences Union-crowd was receptive to the gospel! #OpenScience #EGU25

JOTE presents at the EGU in Vienna today!. Today, co-founder of JOTE Stefan Gaillard will present about the importance of publishing failed studies in the European Geosciences Union general assembly in Vienna. If you’re there, say hi to him! .(Session EOS4.8)

Did you—or a colleague—publish a paper about failure, a null or negative result, or research that didn’t go as planned?. Nominate it for the 2025 Trial and Error Award—organized with the @MuseumofFailure, Utrecht Young Academy & Young Academy Twente. Link:

Misinformation is spreading and trust in authorities deteriorating. Could art help?. In our latest blog, Professor of Economics Peter van Bergeijk explores how artistic observation fosters curiosity, nuance, and trust in an age of uncertainty. Read here:

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The Trial and Error Award is back for its 2nd year! . We’re looking for published articles on failure / with null result, with the winner drawn in a live lottery at the Trial and Error Symposium (Oct 7, 2025). Nominate now!

The replication crisis has shaken social psychology. Are the failures due to bad science, ever-changing human behavior, or a flawed understanding of replication itself?. In this blog post, Maarten Derksen explores how psychology is evolving in response:.

By publishing these kinds of studies, we highlight the hidden side of science: null results, errors and the replication science. We’re a diamond open-access journal. Support open-access science and help us keep our research available by donating: 3/3.