Research integrity requires to be aware of good and questionable research practices

P ublications are at the epicenter of the academic system, be it for hiring, career advancement, or funding.The probability of getting a manuscript published in a scientific journal often depends on whether the results are significant, novel, or even "glamorous".Yet, this favoritism is difficult to justify from a scientific viewpoint.The purpose of science is to incrementally build knowledge.Knowing that a variable influences another variable is as important as knowing that this effect does not exist or is unclear.Moreover, the overemphasis on the findings of an article creates an incentive to submit results that are more likely to be accepted for publication, even if those results do not accurately reflect reality.Therefore, the nature of the results should not be considered when deciding whether a manuscript should be accepted or rejected.Such decisions would contribute to making questionable research practices (QRPs) irrelevant.