Editor's Preface to Essay Section on Methods and Analysis in Fringe Science

Abstract

The following content constitutes an informal but fortuitous collection that speaks to methods and analysis in fringe science. Articles about model-building or theory formation on anomalous phenomena often garner the strongest interest for understandable reasons, but the underlying approaches and techniques that drive charge- or challenge- type discoveries arguably represent some of most fascinating and important information. To be sure, descriptions of flexible or innovative methods can inspire and support work across many different academic disciplines [for a discussion, see: Houran, J. (2022). An introduction and mission of building bridges to reach the unknown. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 36, 3-7. https://doi.org/10.31275/20222439]. Thus, the JSE welcomes submissions that present newly developed (or specifically tailored) methods and instrumentation for studies in anomalistics. We further encourage readers to explore the many peer-reviewed journals devoted to analytics, instrumentation, and research design. Interested readers can search and learn about such journals at aggregator sites like Publons.com or Resurchify.com, but Table 1 below presents a convenient selection of 25 examples that arguably are worthy of attention with good-to-high impact factors.