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by DoctorOetker 743 days ago
it could be quoted by say medical insurance companies, or by patent offices, but that would mean a wider quotation scope.

a less extreme widening of scope would be just the research funds that apply or deny grants for research: suppose a flurry of papers investigates the superconductive behavior of a piece of meteorite, and you're the one to kill the buzz with your negative result, then future grant denials could cite your boring negative result.