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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38" dir=ltr><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Dear Yale community members,</SPAN></P><BR>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38" dir=ltr><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">I am pleased to announce the launch of </SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italic; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Data Journal</SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">, the first peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to the publication of negative, null and inconclusive </SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">(NNI) results</SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> covering any scientific discipline.</SPAN></P><BR>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38" dir=ltr><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">According to COMETS (CNRS Ethics Committee), </SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">current publications allow access to 10% of all produced scientific data !</SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> In certain disciplines, valuable and important results are unpublished, underexploited or lost, and this is particularly true for negative results that can be completely forgotten. Any result is important for the assessment, improvement or completion of the specific and global knowledge and the stimulation of scientific reflection.</SPAN></P><BR>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38" dir=ltr><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italic; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Data Journal</SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> has been envisioned and designed to highlight the NNI results, going further than the previous attempts at publication of negative results. </SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Standard article format</SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">, which focuses on the implication of positive results, </SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">is not appropriate</SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">. For NNI results, the core question should be about how these results were obtained. We propose </SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">a new article format</SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> focused on a comprehensive and detailed Materials & Methods section, for a comprehensive understanding of the results. Moreover, just like the art of Haiku, this new format also highlights </SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">the essence of thinking processes and the intellectual intention</SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> through its written sections intentionally wanted short and concise.</SPAN></P><BR>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38" dir=ltr><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Finally, we do not agree with the tendency of quantifying the “value of science” through the development of different metrics used to quantify the productivity and/or the impact of scientific journals, articles or authors. We propose a very simple alternative that focuses on articles and the interest they arouse: </SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">the</SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Interest Number (IN)</SPAN><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">.</SPAN></P><BR>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38" dir=ltr><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">For the year 2016, the first 5 publications are free for all laboratories worldwide; then open access fee is 200€ / article. 5% of the 2016 and 2017 turnovers will be donated to campaigns promoting the value of the scientific method.</SPAN></P><BR>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38" dir=ltr><SPAN style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">We hope that our passion for science meeting yours will shed light on these neglected but so important data and will promote a better understanding of nature.</SPAN></P><BR><BR>
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