We are a grassroots journal club initiative that helps researchers create local Open Research journal clubs at their universities to discuss diverse issues, papers and ideas about improving research, reproducibility and the Open Research movement. Started in early 2018 at the University of Oxford, ReproducibiliTea has now spread to 129 institutions in different countries. We are completely volunteer run, and provide a unique and supportive community for our members, who are predominantly Early Career Researchers.

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 research improvements. The journal club is advertised around the department or university, raising awareness of reproducibility and Open Research in the process. The chosen papers are then discussed during regular journal club meetings, often over cups of tea, lunch or snacks.

Want to join the movement? Grab your cup of (Reproducibili)tea and dive in.

ReproducibiliTeam

The ReproducibiliTea parent organisation is run by a Steering Committee of ECR volunteers:

The Steering Committee alumni act as an Advisory Board who can be consulted when necessary. The Advisory Board are:

History

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 128 other ReproducibiliTea Journal Clubs.

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