Getting Started
You want to get into Open Science? Welcome!
We all started somewhere and know it can be daunting. Here are three ways to make it as easy and painless as possible!
Way 1: Want to start your own journal club?
Do it! It’s a low commitment, fun and flexible way to start spreading Open Science ideas in your department. It allows you to learn the fundamentals together with the people you work with. Making it easier to implement new ideas and practices. We also have an active Slack community where ReproducibiliTea organizers support each other.
We have an OSF page where you can download all the necessary materials that you can freely share and adapt. There you will find:
- A welcome letter telling you more about ReproducibiliTea
- The ReproducibiliTea Logo
- Various ReproducibiliTea poster templates
- A sample checklist for organising your own Journal Club
- Our reading lists on many Open Science topics
- And much much more …
If you are planning to start your own ReproducibiliTea journal club, all you have to do is to please get in touch with us (reproducibilitea@gmail.com)! We will send you the sign up details to get you on our website, Slack group and add you to our mailing list.
Way 2: Want to join an existing journal club?
We now have journal clubs set up in many universities. There is probably one in your area:
Amsterdam
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BCS ReproducibiliTea
We are BCS ReproducibiliTea, a community of trainees, research staff, and faculty who care about open science and rigor in MIT’s Brain and Cognitive Sciences department. We are starting with a pilot semester in Spring 2024 with BCS graduate students. We will meet once a month for 3 months.
Berlin
We meet every second or third Wednesday, from 5 pm to 6 pm. A meeting begins with a short presentation about the paper we read, followed by a discussion. Everyone and every perspective are welcome!
Please get in touch via email Read the paper and come by for tea and discussion!
Next meeting: 10th May 2023
BI Oslo
About us: We are excited to bring the first ReproducibiliTea journal club to Norway! We are two PhD candidates at BI Norwegian Business School (Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior) organizing this journal club together. The journal club is open to everyone at BI Norwegian Business School, staff and students, across departments (and campuses). Everyone is welcome to join us - whether you are an enthusiast, skeptic, or a cautious explorer. Feel free to get in touch if you are interested to participate or contribute!
Our mission:
- provide an informal and friendly platform for discussions about open science and reproducibility
- help each other get familiarized with open science practices (e.g., pre-registrations, sharing data, sharing preprints, etc.)
- connect students and researchers from various specializations who are interested in open science
Format: Before each meeting, we read an article on open science practices and methods in general, which we then discuss during the meeting. At each meeting, a presenter begins by providing a short overview of the paper and facilitates the discussion throughout the meeting. Anyone can propose a possible paper or topic to present if we have not covered it already. More recently, we have held more practical workshops on open science practices. We have also invited guest speakers. Please feel free to reach out to us if you’d like to give us a talk or workshop on anything related to open science and reproducibility!
Follow us on Twitter!
Bioclues
Have you ever seen researchers chatting online? Yes, we at Bioclues.org have been exchanging e-mails, and messaging everywhere from erstwhile PhpBB2 forums to the WhatsApp chats. It is time we all came together to discuss interesting topics. Bioinformatics club for experimenting scientists (a.k.a. Bioclues) has set up a virtual journal club and you’re welcome to join! We already have state reps from India to help you get started.
Birmingham City
Birmingham
Welcome to the University of Birmingham’s journal club! We are currently based in the College of Medical and Dental Sciences but hope to expand soon.
Our next meeting will be held on the 22nd of May, 12-1pm in the Medical School (WF38).
Bochum
Bordeaux
ReproducibiliTea journal club at the Université de Bordeaux. We meet monthly, every last Tuesday of the month, at 5:30pm.
Brighton
Our opportunity to develop an Open Science discourse, and to support those who would like to include Open Science/Open Scholarship practices in their work. Open Access to any visitors can be arranged. Meetings take place on Microsoft Teams currently Monthly meetings, email Zoe Flack or Kerry Fox for future dates.
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol ReproducibiliTea journal club
Inspired by the original Oxford club ReproducibiliTea came to Bristol in January 2019 with the support of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN), which is now spreading to other universities.
We run an ECR-led weekly journal club open to all staff and students from any discipline.
Time & Place
Every other Monday, 4-5pm, via Zoom & in person
Format
In advance of each session, one attendee chooses a paper related to the barriers and solutions to better research methods in the life sciences. During the session the attendee presents a short (~15mins) overview of the chosen paper and the remainder of the session is dedicated to free discussion amongst all attendees.
Inclusivity
Everyone is welcome to join us - skeptics and open science enthusiasts alike! We are hoping for a diverse range of attendees from all career stages, disciplines, and backgrounds.
How to join
To join the mailing list please email one of the club organisers, Benji Woolf (Benjamin.woolf@bristol.ac.uk) and Robbie Clark
Chester
Chichester Tea
City University London
Belfast
QUB ReproducibiliTea is a welcoming space at Queen’s where researchers from all fields, and from any career stage, can relax and discuss reproducible practices and open science/scholarship.
We are currently meeting in-person at The Graduate School. Check our OSF repository or join our Teams channel for more information!
Dresden
Our journal club in Dresden wishes to provide a platform for early career researchers from all disciplines to discuss Open Science and good scientific practices in general.
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Exeter
ReproducibiliTea Exeter is focused broadly on transparency and reproducibility in research.
We meet twice a month in term time (hybrid), and we run a mix of traditional journal club discussion sessions, as well as practical sessions, where we try out things like data visualisation with R, preregistering studies, open data sharing, and more.
If you want more information or you want to be added to our mailing list, please feel free to email Kathryn at kk451@exeter.ac.uk or Xinran at xd247@exeter.ac.uk!
Forward Focus
Forward Focus is a monthly, virtual journal club for voice enthusiasts (SLPs, ENTs, vocologists, students, etc.) to connect and discuss current findings in voice research.
Forward Focus was started by a collective of SLPs and SLP students seeking to bridge the gap between current voice research findings and clinical service provision. Our meetings are virtual to create opportunities for individuals from different regions to join and connect with each other. We strive to create a welcoming environment through open, judgement-free conversations where individuals of all experience levels can learn and share their perspectives.
Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions, or if you are interested in joining our community member list! We hope to see you at our next meeting!
Frankfurt
The ReproducibiliTea journal club in Frankfurt
Our journal club is organized by the Frankfurt Open Science Initiative, located within the Goethe University, and is open to anyone who is interested in the topic.
Every second Wednesday, we are going to meet online on Zoom, from 4pm to 5pm. All relevant materials as well as the latest schedule can be found on our OSF page.
In case you are interested in Open Science in general and want to be more involved, you can sign up here to our mailing list of the Frankfurt Open Science Initiative.
We are looking forward to welcoming you! :)
Freiburg
Student-run ReproducibiliTea at the University of Freiburg in Germany
Fukuoka
This journal club will be open and welcomed to all early career researchers around Fukuoka and other areas in Japan! Please feel free to contact Yuki Yamada for details.
Geneva
Organized by the Geneva local node of the Swiss Reproducibility Network
Glasgow
Glasgow Tea is currently looking for new members / club hosts!
Graz
The ReproducibiliTea in Graz, Austria is organized by Gabriela Hofer (Differential Psychology) and Hilmar Brohmer (Science Communication) and is greatly supported by the Graz Open Science Initiative (@GrazOpenScience).
We are slowly evolving from a journal club of psychology papers to a multidisciplinary discussion group.
Moreover, our increasing number of attendees demonstrates an interest in Open Science-related topics throughout academic disciplines: In the spring / summer semester 2019 we counted usually 5 to 7 members per session. In fall / winter semester 2019/20 we are in the double digits (so far). After the (main part of the) pandemic, we count approximately 10 attendees.
If you are interested to join our ReproducibiliTea please get in touch and come along!
Groningen
The ReproducibiliTea Groningen aims to
- increase awareness, knowledge and skills for open and reproducible science;
- build an open science community, to help, learn from and support each other in our open science endeavors;
- assist in making regular (small) steps towards open & reproducible science.
The idea is to have regular meetings on any reproducibility related topic, from discussing bias in the literature, a work-session on preprints/preregistrations or a workshop on r-markdown/Github. What the contents will be exactly is to be decided by us all and will change from meeting to meeting. We aim to be a journal club plus, in that we try to focus on practical use; hence workshops make up quite a bit of the sessions. Furthermore we’re closely related to the Open Science Community Groningen, which also hosts some of our collaboratively written blogposts on open science
We meet every two weeks, meeting times switch every week between 10.00 - 11.00 am. and 14.00 - 15.00 pm., hopefully enabling more people to join. Everyone is welcome, from any discipline and backgrounds, open-science minded or not at all. Swing by, drop in, have a cookie, and enjoy the ride!
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HumaniTeas Cologne
The aim of the “ReprodubiliTea in the HumaniTeas” series is to create an informal meeting for humanities scholars at all career stages to learn about and discuss topics such as reproducibility, open science and good scientific practice. A recommended reading to stimulate discussion will be sent out before each session. Each session begins with a 20-30 minute introductory lecture/workshop. This is followed by a lively discussion to which everyone is invited to contribute.
IGDORE
A journal club for the IGDORE community to discuss articles about Open Science. Meetings will be held monthly, and the club will discuss both introductory and advanced material.
Innsbruck
We are a journal club coming together to discuss methodological and theoretical issues surrounding the reproducibility, explanatory value, and more generally the quality of scientific research. We currently have a focus on research in psychology and cognitive science, but are open to staff and students from any discipline.
Karolinska Institutet
At ReproducibiliTea KI, we meet every other Thursday at 15.30 to discuss scientific papers on reproducibility, open science and how to improve the robustness and validity of our findings. We mix newly published work with re-runs of our favorite articles from the past. This way, new participants won’t miss out on the really good stuff.
Please join us!
Kings College London
We are an interdisciplinary journal club at King’s College London based at the Denmark Hill campus. If you are looking for an opportunity to broaden your knowledge of open science, share experiences, and get to know others at King’s interested in open science, please come along! No prerequisites are required. We welcome people at all career stages, from undergraduate students to permanent staff members.
Each meeting is focused around one paper or article that we have chosen to discuss, which we use as a starting point to talk broadly about open science, meta-research, theory development, research methods, and other topics around improving science. Meetings are on the second Thursday of each month from 4-5pm in the IoPPN main building (seminar room 9 until September 2024), with the option to join online.
Kingston
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The journal club is open to everyone across Kingston University, at any level, from any discipline or department. We meet monthly on the second Wednesday of the month at 12:00 - 13:30 via Teams. We also organise talks and workshops on open research related topics. The most up-to-date information can generally be found on our OSF page, and we will circulate meeting details through the Kingston ReproT mailing list. Please contact Dr Mircea Zloteanu to join the mailing list.
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For each session, the presenter will provide a short (5 mins) overview of the chosen paper with the remainder of the session dedicated to free discussion among all attendees.
Inclusivity
Everyone is welcome to join us - sceptics and enthusiasts alike! We are hoping for a diverse range of attendees from all career stages, disciplines, and backgrounds, and particularly enjoy hearing views from all perspectives. Your voice is welcome here, and we offer a friendly atmosphere!
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Lancaster
Lancaster University’s Psychology Department and the PROSPR group (Promoting Open Science Practices) launched the ReproducibiliTea Journal Club in July 2019. We meet twice a month during term time to discuss key papers on open science and reproducibility issues. All are welcome regardless of the experience and career status!
Lausanne
For the Autumn 2022-2023 semester, we’ll be meeting once monthly, on the first Tuesday of each month from 15:00 to 16:00 in the UNIL-Anthropole cafeteria. Everyone very welcome - we love to meet new people interested in reproducible science in Lausanne!
Leeds
The University of Leeds ReproducibiliTea journal club. Find some of our previous sessions and papers here:
Our OSF page: https://osf.io/qvyk4/
Our previous events on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/reproducibilitea-leeds-30162739476
Recordings of some of our previous sessions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU5XU8R1p20HimC7ulQlCwA
Leicester
ReproducibiliTea Leicester is for anyone who wants to learn more about reproducible research and open science practices in the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour at the University of Leicester, but other departments are also welcome! We get together (with tea, coffee and cake!) once a month to discuss interesting journal articles about topics relating to open science, replicability in research, pre-registration and data sharing, among others. It doesn’t matter if you’re an undergrad, professor, beginner or expert – everyone is welcome!
Meeting details are circulated via email so if you are interested, email Sammie (slt47@le.ac.uk) or Brendan (btoc1@le.ac.uk) and you will be added to the mailing list.
Leipzig
ReproducibiliTea Leipzig journal club is a space to discuss various aspects related to Open Science practices. We discuss articles, which are selected to touch upon possibly versatile Open Science topics, from general issues to specific applications, presenting both enthusiastic and critical perspectives. If you look for an opportunity to broaden your knowledge on Open Science, discuss pros and cons, share experiences and get to know other Open Science adopters - feel warmly invited!
Leuven
The ReproducibiliTea@KULeuven journal club is a space for interdisciplinary discussion about science in general, and more specifically about Open Science and Reproducibility. We welcome people from all backgrounds and disciplines, and we hope to create an inclusive environment for friendly discussion. We are open to anyone, staff or students, at KU Leuven.
Linköping
About: The journal club is open to everyone across Link"oping University, from any discipline or department (all campuses included). Everyone is welcome to join us - skeptics and enthusiasts alike! For each session, the presenter will provide a short (5-15mins) overview of the chosen paper with the remainder of the session dedicated to free discussion amongst all attendees.
Follow us on Twitter for the most up-to-date information about meeting times etc.: @LinkopingTea. You can also check out our OSF page or contact us to sign up to our mailing list, where we circulate meeting details.
Loughborough
About: The journal club is open to anyone across Loughborough University and nearby institutions, from all disciplines or deparments. The most up-to-date information can be found on our Twitter Page, you can sign up through the Doctoral Developmental Portal (PhD students), send us an Email or simply pop by.
The format: The sessions are a combination of discussing current issues in academia and introducing new, innovative research methods. We go with the flow and look forward to incorporating everyone’s interests into the session plan. Most sessions are run online and are a combination of a presentation and discussions among all attendees.
Inclusivity: Everyone is welcome to join us- skeptics and enthusiasts alike. We are hoping for a diverse range of attendees from all career stages, disciplines and backgrounds and look forward to learning from each other.
LSHTM
ReproducibiliTea is coming to LSHTM! Sign up to the email list above for information on reproducibility-themed journal club sessions with a health-related twist. To volunteer to run a session or for questions, please contact Anna Schultze at anna.schultze[at]lshtm.ac.uk
Lyon
The Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon student club is organized by a few PhD students of the center, with no specific leader (here we rolled a dice to choose the JC communication ‘lead’). Student club sessions are organized on a monthly basis. They consist in a presentation of a paper, principle, software, method, etc somehow related to neuroscience which is then discussed in the way of locally trying to ‘fix science’. We seek to be very careful regarding the idea that any comments have to be welcomed and discussed regardless of the scientific statute at play. By ‘student club’, we do not mean that we exclude extra-student staff. They are all welcome, but we seek to stick to the bottom-up fashion of discussing, proposing, etc. In practice, our student club is also a chill-out time during which we drink tea and eat cakes.
Maastricht
Our Reproducibilitea journal club meets 4 times per year, and is in collaboration with the Open Science Community Maastricht. We aim to make Open Science visible at Maastricht University, and to facilitate discussion between researchers, departments and faculties on integrating open science in everyday research.
Makerere University Center for Health and Population Research
The Makerere University Center for Health and Population Research Journal Club aims to build an open science community among early career scientist in Uganda. The journal club provides a platform for researchers to discuss issues around reproducibility, ethics, and transparency in research.
The club meets twice a month to read and share papers and materials related to open science. Through facilitated discussions and working groups, members are introduced to concepts and best practices in areas like open data, preregistration, and replication.
The journal club welcomes students from all disciplines related to public health, healthcare policy, research, and informatics. By creating a collaborative environment, the club empowers young and mid-career scientists to conduct research that is transparent, reproducible, and ethical. This aligns with the club’s overall goal of reducing wastage in research through promoting the utilization of high-quality generated evidence from early career scientists.
Mannheim
This ReproducibiliTea is associated with the Mannheim Open Science Meetup, bringing together open science enthusiasts across various institutions in Mannheim. Find us on Twitter @MAOpenScience
As our community consists of various disciplines, the ReproducibiliTea Mannheim wants to cover open science topics of broader interest. Meetings will be held monthly at every 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
Our next meeting will take place on August 8th, 17:30, where we will discuss
Fanelli, D. (2009) How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data. PLoS ONE 4(5): e5738. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005738
Email us for details on how to join!
McMaster
Welcome to the McMaster ReproducibiliTea journal club! We discuss how we can help make science transparent, reproducible, and cumulative.
Everyone is welcome to join us - skeptics and enthusiasts alike! We welcome undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff from all departments and background, and hope to hear views from all perspectives.
Melbourne
We are an interdisciplinary journal club that meets monthly (on the last Thursday of each month at 4pm). We chat about all things meta-research, philosophy of science, and research methods, as well as topics related to improving science, including reproducibility and open science. Our journal club is open to all (so long as you are happy to endure the horrible Australian time zone differences!).
Montpellier
The journal club is dedicated to exchanges about reproducibility in Science and is open to anyone at the Supagro Campus, both students and scientists. Each session is based on a specific paper that is discussed during lunch breaks.
Montreal
Our initiative is driven by the belief that advancing scientific knowledge requires transparency, collaboration, and open access to research. At the Montreal ReproducibiliTea Journal Club, we believe that science is at its best when it’s accessible to everyone. That’s why we’re excited to announce that we are open to queries and questions from the general public!
Transparency and accessibility are core principles of open science, and we want to extend this openness beyond our academic community. Whether you’re a fellow scientist, a curious individual, or someone passionate about neuroscience, your questions and inquiries are welcome.
If you have questions about the research, scientific methods, or the topics we discuss in our meetings, don’t hesitate to reach out. You can connect with us through our dedicated channels, and our members will do their best to provide answers and insights.
By engaging with the public, we aim to demystify neuroscience and open up a dialogue that promotes a better understanding of the brain and its mysteries. We firmly believe that collective knowledge and shared curiosity are powerful drivers of scientific progress.
So, whether you’re a seasoned researcher or simply someone with a curious mind, join us! Let’s talk about the wonders of the brain and the principles of open science.
Moscow
Munich
We have decided to establish a journal club on the topic of Open Science. We meet every three to four weeks. The slogan of our journal club is “ReproJuicebiliTea” and highlights the topics to be covered and discussed (Reproducibility & Open Science) and our broadened beverage selection. We will discuss the issue of the “replication crisis”, identify necessary improvements in science and talk about current debates on the theories of science. Tea, juice and snacks will be provided in order to fulfil our motto.
With the Journal Club we would like to address and encourage attendees from all disciplines and at every career step to join the discussion and enable an interdisciplinary exchange.
Please send us a short mail and we will put you on our mailing list (reproducibilitea.munich@gmail.com)
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Love open science and tea
Nantes
A journal club to improve our research practices. Not limited to students or researchers of Nantes université, visitors are welcome! Location varies to move around campuses of the university, that are spread around the city. For more info, do not hesitate to send an email to journalclub.nantes@gmail.com
Nicosia
ReproducibiliTea journal club of the university of Cyprus, hosted by the department of economics.
Northumbria University
Olomouc
Open Science Student Society
We organise open, online ReproducibiliTea meetings in the Polish language.
We publish info about our upcoming meetings on our Facebook fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/StudenckieKoloOpenScienceSKOS
OpenCSD Journal Club
Oxford
The original reproducibiliTea Journal Club, meeting fortnightly during term time at the University of Oxford (often in hybrid formats). Most members come from the Department of Experimental Psychology, but we welcome people from all over the university and have had regular members in the past from the Anthropology and across the Medical Sciences Division.
The majority of our regular members are graduate students and early career researchers, but we’re pleased to count established faculty as regular members, too.
You can sign up for our mailing list by logging into your Single Sign On account. Those who don’t have an SSO can email Lazaros and he’ll be happy to add you!
ReproducibiliTea Oxford is kindly sponsored by Reproducible Research Oxford.
Paris Saclay
Plymouth
ReproducibiliTea Plymouth welcomes staff and students at all career stages. We meet fortnightly (in-person, as of late 2021) to discuss papers about open and transparent science, research methods, research culture, and science reform. Our papers mostly focus on issues in Psychology and Cognitive Science, but we also welcome researchers from other disciplines.
If you’d like to join our mailing list, please contact our lead organizers (Robbie Harlow and Darya Klymenko) at the email addresses provided.
Portsmouth
The UoP ReproducibiliTea Journal Club aims to promote a research culture of Open Science. We meet once every month at the Department of Psychology to discuss matters around research replication over a cup of tea.
Our meetings are hybrid and can be joined via the following Zoom link: https://port-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/81439691410?pwd=N1IxcUZrVVJ1T3JidkJOcGJuYldLZz09
Schedule 2024 17 January: Navigating Academia as Neurodivergent Researchers: Promoting Neurodiversity Within Open Scholarship - John Shaw
14 February: Open research practice in the National Institute for Health and Care Research - Kristy Rogers & Jazz Bartholomew
13 March: An introduction to Big Team Science, with a focus on ManyPrimates - Drew Altschull
17 April: Does this even apply to me? Considering the opportunities and challenges surrounding open qualitative research - Annayah Prosser
15 May: Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript - Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry
Potsdam
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Puebla
Purdue
ReproducibiliTea Purdue was started by postdocs in the Human Development and Family Science department to discuss meta-science topics relevant to both disciplines and cultivate an open science culture.
We get together every month to discuss articles and better science practices. All are welcome!
Queen Mary University of London
Welcome to the Queen Mary ReproducibiliTea! Founded fall 2020, we host various open science and reproducibility-related events and meetings with the goal of improving the trustworthiness of research across a wide range of scientific disciplines.
Get started by joining our mailing list and stop by our monthly journal club, where we discuss one or more articles about topics ranging from meta-science to scientific fraud to philosophy of science over a (currently socially-distanced) cup of tea or coffee.
Sign up using this link (https://forms.gle/9coCMGvPqddkKn5G7) or by emailing Nick (n.b.ballou@qmul.ac.uk).
All are welcome: from those who have never heard of open science to experts, undergraduates to department heads, linguists to entomologists to computer scientists and beyond.
Bergen
Based at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Bergen, but members from other faculties or other local institutions are more than welcome. We tend to have a nice mix of PhD students and more senior researchers.
ReproducibiliTea Nottingham
Stanford
ReproducibiliTea at Stanford was launched at 26 October 2022 and welcomes new members. We aim to meet once a month and discuss Reproducibility projects, as well initiatives and incentives that exist to promote and implement a culture of research transparency and reproducibility.
ReproducibiliTea Victoria University of Wellington
RHUL
The RHUL branch of RTea is based at the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway University of London. Our RTea journal club meets once a month (date and time TBA).
The format of our meetings varies depending on the topic at hand, ranging from how-to talks on new methodological and statistical tools to paper discussions.
We particularly encourage input from PhD students and early career researchers, but all are welcome. Anyone can propose a possible topic/paper and present/lead a discussion, so please do get involved!
Virginia Commonwealth University
About: The Data Science Lab at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) proudly hosts the ReproducibiliTea journal club. All VCU students, faculty, and staff regardless of discipline or department are welcome to join us. Similarly, attendees from Virginia Union University, University of Richmond, and wider open science community also are welcome.
The most up-to-date information can generally be found on our OSF page. To stay up to date with all VCU DSL open science initiatives and events, we encourage joining both the DSL general listserv as well as the VCU RTea mailing list.
The format: RTea meetings are informal, and everyone is welcome to attend. Each month we will focus on a specific theme (e.g., data sharing and management, project organization, analysis methods). A discussion leader for that meeting will select one or two papers that highlight or illustrate important topics associated with the theme of the month. Meetings typically begin with the discussion leader providing a short (5-15 min) overview of the theme and article(s), with the remaining time dedicated to open discussion among all attendees over tea and snacks. The most up-to-date information about the discussion leaders, monthly themes, and selected articles can be found on our OSF page.
Inclusivity: Everyone benefits from inclusivity and diversity. Your voice is welcome here–open science skeptics and enthusiasts alike! No matter your career stage, discipline, familiarity with open science, or university affiliation, you are welcome.
Get all the latest updates:
Join our mailing list by sending an email to listserv@lists.vcu.edu. Include a single line of text in the body of the message saying âSUBSCRIBE RTEA-L
Rotterdam
About
ReproducibiliTea Rotterdam is a journal club organized by the Open Science Community Rotterdam (OSCR). We discuss documents addressing various topics on open science practices.
Format
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Every session, one discussant chooses a published article, preprint, or blog post about a specific open science topic (e.g., the advantages of publishing your work in open access journals, criticism of pre-publication peer review, best practices of data/code curation/sharing, …). The discussant prepares a short presentation (5’-15’) summarizing the main points of the document, but the bulk of the meeting (45’-55’) is dedicated to open discussion: is the topic relevant for your field of research? In case of specific issues, has anybody proposed and/or implemented some solutions? Can any of these solutions be translated, scaled, and applied in other research areas?
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Even though some papers, at first glance, seem to relate only to a specific discipline (e.g., psychology has been working on open science issues quite intensively in the past years), we aim to extract general lessons that can be helpful for researchers in different fields.
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A different discussant will take care of the initial summary, ensuring that different research areas are represented.
Attendees
This journal club is open to everyone: PhD candidates, post-docs, junior and senior faculty, from any school/department at EUR and ErasmusMC. Interested Bachelor and Master students are also welcome to join, especially if it can be helpful for their thesis. Interested parties not employed at EUR or ErasmusMC can send an email to the lead organizer with a request to join specific sessions.
Practical Information
From November 2019 to March 2020 we used to meet on the second Wednesday of every month at 11:00. From April 2020 onward we meet online. Around two weeks before the session, an invitation is sent via the mailing list of the Open Science Community Rotterdam (to be included, please contact the lead organizer). Announcements are also made on our website (News section) and on Twitter (@OSCRotterdam).
Royal Veterinary College RVC
Saint Louis Area
This journal club is for those interested in open science, reproducibility, and related topics. We’re based in the Saint Louis area, and welcome all!
Sheffield
The Sheffield branch of ReproducibiliTea meets monthly and has people coming from a range of departments across the University of Sheffield and beyond.
Aims
At our sessions, we are aiming to provide an informal, friendly and supportive space to discuss topics related to reproducibility, replicability and transparency, open research practices and research culture change.
Format
Anyone is welcome to propose a paper or topic to discuss.
During each session, one or more members volunteer to lead the discussion. The volunteer/-s prepare a short introduction to the paper/blog post/talk/topic and facilitate discussion.
To learn more, check out our website: https://reproducibilitea-sheffield.github.io/
Practical information
To join us sign up to our Google group and subscribe to our Google calendar. Do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any trouble joining the group!
Southampton
Swansea
Taipei
About us The Taipei ReproducibiliTea journal club meets at Taipei Medical University to have open discussions about what might be wrong with the way we are doing science and how to make things better.
People from an field, at any institution in Taipei, and at any stage of their career are all welcome to come along and join in.
Bring a cup and enjoy some tea, some biscuits, and some friendly science chat!
TCPSR
TCPSR is the Chinese-speaking community where we wish more Chinese-as-first-language scholars realize and join ReproducibiliTea journal clubs. We expect each mega city in Taiwan will have a standalone journal club. Since 2021 winter, we are managing bimonthly open practices workshops included the pre-research estimations on power, effect size and sample size.
The Bangor University Open Science Society
The Bangor University Open Science Society (BOSS) meets twice monthly during term time to discuss open science, methods, reform, philosophy of science, and the academic landscape. We also host regular workshops and talks by invited speakers.
Tokyo
Toronto
Welcome to the Toronto ReproducibiliTea Club, hosted at York University! The goal of the club is to have an open space for productive discussions of papers and topics related to reproducibility. No matter what university, discipline, or level of study you are at, we invite you to join us!
Club meetings will take place online via Zoom every 2 weeks. The meetings will be open-discussion based. Reading the papers is encouraged, but optional. We look forward to having you join us!
TOSI Open Science Journal Club
We are based in Montreal, Canada. This journal club was initiated by the undergraduate subcommittee of the Tannebaum Open Science Institute (TOSI) of the Montreal Neurological Hospital (The Neuro), hence the name of this club. We aim to target McGill undergraduate students, to educate open science in research and hope to engage students in research early on in their academic journey.
Our club meetings will be hosted monthly, in the last week of the month from September to November and January to March each school year. They will be IN PERSON, lead by a professor, researcher or graduate student who actively incorporates open science practices in their research. We will provide snacks and tea!
We look forward to seeing you at our meetings:)
UC
This JC is based in Christchurch, New Zealand created by University of Canterbury students. We are excited about being active member of the open science community and want to share the benefits and ideas of meta science to a wider community.
Dublin
UEA
University of Oslo
Welcome
Our journal club is open to both staff and students at UiO across all departments. Everyone is welcome to join us - whether you are an enthusiast, a skeptic, or a cautious explorer. Feel free to get in touch if you are interested to participate or contribute!
Our mission
- provide an informal and friendly platform for discussions about meta scientific topics
- help each other get familiarized with open science practices (e.g., pre-registrations, sharing data, sharing preprints, etc.)
- connect students and researchers from various disciplines who are interested in meta science.
Format
Before each meeting, we read an article on meta scientific topics, which we then discuss during the meeting. At each meeting, a different discussion leader will begin by providing a short overview of the paper and facilitate discussion throughout the meeting. Anyone can propose a possible paper or topic to present if we have not covered it already. Grab a cup of tea (coffee?) and join us! Due to the current pandemic, all sessions will be held online (Zoom) for the time being.
If you would like to receive announcements about our journal club and related events, please subscribe to our mailing list: https://sympa.uio.no/uio.no/subscribe/open-science-oslo
UniBasel
Welcome to the ReproducibiliTea UniBasel Journal Club.
We will discuss the topics on reproducibility, replicability, open science and statistics twice a month in the fall semester and occasionally in the spring semester.
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago ReproducibliTea Journal Club meets every second week during each quarter to discuss meta-science topics such as reproducibility, open science and more! An initiative started by graduate students and early-career researchers in the Psychology department, the goal is to create a supportive community and empower each other to undertake rigorous and open research practices!
To subscribe to our mailing list, please email Anna Corriveau with your @uchicago.edu email.
University of Dundee
Edinburgh
Hello, we’re Edinburgh ReproducibiliTea and we host a mix of seminar/journal club style sessions on Open Research topics every 3rd Friday of the month from 11-12 UK time during the academic semesters.
For an overview of our schedule and blog posts about our previous sessions see https://edopenresearch.com/reproducibilitea-blog/.
We also have a YouTube channel were we upload our recordings https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9y6VX6Dvs4-vC8eDuOKpNQ and we also post our recordings and other relevant materials on our OSF page: https://osf.io/kh5px/
To sign up for our sessions you can join our mailing list by filling out this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScjjpsLmzt-XIm21ec5sUz4LGE_YfOrjwnI321WcS5R5qgXFA/viewform or keep an eye on our Twitter (@Edinburgh_Tea) for links to our session-specific Eventbrite pages. We hope to see you at one of our sessions!
University of Murcia
Our ReproducibiliTea JC takes place the last week of each month in a hybrid format.
We welcome anyone who is interested in discussing open science! Follow us on Twitter and sign up our mailing list for more details.
Uppsala Psychology
Bielefeld
With the “Bielefeld University Reproducible Science Tea” (BURST) group, we would like to contribute to making the process and results of scientific work more transparent and accessible. Topics that concern us include free access to publications, analysis code, data and hypotheses. Open and reproducible research is not meant to be a new niche or alternative to traditional research, but the implementation of what most of us intuitively consider to be standard research ( “Open science is just science done right” ).
The BURST-group is scheduled to meet on the first Friday of each month, and will discuss articles on the topics of open and reproducible science, as well as new developments and ideas arising in our disciplines.
Our meetings are open to both students and scientific staff in psychology and in neighbouring fields. Everyone is invited to suggest topics and articles for discussion and to participate in the organisation of the meetings. If you have any questions, you can reach us at burst@uni-bielefeld.de.
A lot of great information on open and reproducible science can be found on the internet, and we will make extensive use of these resources. Founding a group at Bielefeld University and offering local meetings (at the university or via Zoom) is meant to facilitate a more interactive exchange among us, and to provide us all with the opportunity to bring forward our individual questions and ideas, so that we can all shape the direction the group will take in the future.
Therefore, we are looking forward to your participation and your contributions.
See you soon!
Vienna
The ReproducibiliTea Vienna was founded by the Early Career Researchers of the Faculty of Psychology. It is meeting once a month in order to discuss papers on open science and exchange our own open science research practices. ReproducibiliTEA Vienna is open to researchers from all areas and from all stages of research (early career to senior academics).
Warwick
Western Institute for Neuroscience
Our goal is to provide a place for researchers at any stage of their careers (undergraduate, graduate, postdocs, PIs, staff) to explore the principles and practices of open science. Open science promotes transparency, collaboration, and accessibility, revolutionizing the way research is conducted and shared. Through our journal club, we aim to educate and provide tools to researchers on how to adopt open science methods, understand its myriad benefits, and gain practical insights into implementing them in their own work.
York St John
York
Zurich
Organized by the Center for Reproducible Science, University of Zurich.
Additionally, many of our journal clubs are online and gladly welcome interested guests. If you are interested, Check out our community calendar:
Way 3: Just want to get into it by yourself for now?
We got you!
Here some great reading lists to get you in the know quick and easy with complementary summaries and presentations:
You can find all the Reading lists here.
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