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To accomplish the goals listed above, we have developed a unique publication style for JOTE. In this section, we will describe the types of articles we publish, how these articles fit within JOTE's overall mission, and how our editorial process works. In addition, we will point readers to articles of each kind that appear in this first issue. Empirical articlesEmpirical articles describe conceptual developments based on empirical and experimental studies which have produced null, unexpected, negative, or mixed results. These articles may contain incomplete findings or lack a closed, cohesive narrative. We are aware that authorship still is academic coinage in a severe and competitive economy of reputation. Therefore, by providing an indexable publication for null or inconclusive results, we hope to reduce institutional pressures to communicate positive results. Furthermore, we hope that having such an outlet will discourage the wide array of questionable research practices that researchers may engage in to make their results statistically significant and suitable for publication elsewhere, such as p-hacking, selective reporting, or even falsifying data. Finally, publications in this category will help improve meta-analyses by showcasing null results that would otherwise not be accessible to scholars. We further encourage these efforts by highly the open sharing of data for all submitted empirical articles. See Leboeuf et al. (2020) and Traxler et al. (2020) in this issue for two examples of such empirical articles. Reflection articlesBy their very nature, negative results are difficult to interpret. In light of this, JOTE invites other researchers to reflect on and contextualize the issues raised in the original empirical study in a reflection article that accompanies each empirical article. JOTE welcomes reflections that frame the original results in the context of existing literature, comments on the techniques used, and/or discussions about the epistemological and ontological implications of the original study's findings. Critically, we invite authors from the humanities and other disciplines to contribute to the journal in the form of reflection articles. By doing so, we aim to foster crosstalk between disciplines and create a dialogue about the broad issues surrounding failure in science. See Abma (2020) in this issue for an example of a reflection article on Leboeuf et al.