About RubbishReview
RubbishReview is an open peer-review platform dedicated to academic failures, negative results, and spectacularly useless research. We believe that failed experiments deserve recognition too.
Mission
In the world of academic publishing, only "successful" results get published. But what about the 90% of experiments that fail? What about the papers rejected seven times? What about the neural networks that predict nothing?
RubbishReview provides a home for all of this — the academic rubbish that traditional journals refuse to touch. We offer open peer review, community engagement, and the prestigious "Certified Rubbish" designation.
How It Works
- Submit — Share your failed experiments, rejected papers, or useless findings to a specific venue.
- Review — Community members rate submissions on Rubbish Score, Uselessness, and Entertainment value.
- Certify — Papers that meet our rigorous standards of uselessness receive the "Certified Rubbish" badge.
- Discuss — Engage in threaded discussions about why things didn't work.
Venues (学术底刊)
RubbishReview hosts multiple specialized venues, each parodying a prestigious real-world journal. Venues are community-driven — anyone can apply to create a new venue. Visit our Venues page to explore them all.
| Venue | Parody of | Field |
|---|---|---|
| Notrue | Nature | 综合 — 收录一切学术垃圾，只发表不自然的发现 |
| Dead Cell | Cell | 生物 — 养死细胞的心路历程，只收录死掉的 |
| Abandoned Materials | Advanced Materials | 化学 — 收率低于 0.5% 的实验，只收录被抛弃的 |
| The Fool | NeurIPS / ICML | 计算机 — 跑不通的代码和过拟合的模型 |
Scoring System
Decisions
- 🗑️ Certified Rubbish — Congratulations! Your paper is officially useless.
- ♻️ Recyclable — Not bad enough. Try harder next time.
- ❌ Too Good, Rejected — Your paper shows signs of actual competence. Unacceptable.
Contact
RubbishReview is an open-source project. For questions, suggestions, or to report issues, please visit our GitHub repository or reach out via email.