About
ReproducibiliTea journal clubs help early career researchers build a local community of people interested in open and reproducible research. It can be very isolating to be one of the few within a research group, or department, that are actively engaged or interested in improving research practices. ReproducibiliTea helps researchers who want to change this.
We all know how horrible it can be to jump through annoying administrative hurdles or dodge financial barriers to ultimately try to make a positive change. Setting up a ReproducibiliTea Journal Club is easy, free and does not need any admin approval. In a ReproducibiliTea Journal Club, papers are selected that are broadly relevant to the replication crisis and scientific improvements. The journal club is advertised around the department or university, raising awareness of reproducibility and Open Science in the process. The chosen papers are then discussed during regular journal club meetings, often over cups of tea, lunch or snacks.
The ReproducibiliTea Journal Club has proven to be a success in Oxford, where it was founded in spring 2018 by Sophia Crüwell, Amy Orben, and Sam Parsons (then Masters student, PhD student, and early postdoc respectively). Since then, it has received widespread international recognition. There are now 118 other ReproducibiliTea Journal Clubs, with more joining at an increasingly faster rate.
Our sponsors
UKRN
Our current sponsor is the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) . The UKRN is a peer-led consortium which investigates how to conduct robust research, provide training, and disseminate best practice. Follow them on Twitter @ukrepro .
ReproducibiliTeam
The ReproducibiliTea parent organisation is run by a Steering Committee of ECR volunteers:
- Sophia Crüwell @cruwelli.bsky.social (Chair & Co-founder)
- Helena Gellersen @hgellersen
- Matt Jaquiery
- Paulina Manduch (LinkedIn)
- Michael Muhoozi @MUHOOZIMICHAEL
- William Ngiam @willngiam.bsky.social
- Lianne Wolsink @liannewolsink.bsky.social
The Steering Committee alumni act as an Advisory Board who can be consulted when necessary. The Advisory Board are:
- Katie Drax
- Alexa von Hagen @alexavonhagen
- Amy Orben @OrbenAmy (Co-founder)
- Sam Parsons @Sam_D_Parsons (Co-founder)
- Jade Pickering @Jade_Pickering
- Jan Vornhagen @VornhagenJB@hci.social
Podcast
Not ready to start your own journal club, but interested in Open Science and want to learn more? We also resease ReproducibiliTea podcast episodes that highlight the great work of early career researchers in Open Science.
In our latest podcast episode, Will talks to Jonny Coates about preprint reviews.
You can find all our previous episodes on the podcast webpage .