# Monthly Journal Club **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum info & help\ **Created:** [January 14, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64 "2019-01-14T10:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![antonio.schettino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/antonio.schettino/32/8_2.png) [@antonio.schettino](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/antonio.schettino)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/1 "2019-01-14T10:57:54Z")
Every month we could pick a paper on open and transparent practices and discuss it in the forum. @rebecca, which tags would you use for such a service? ---
**Author:** ![rebecca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/rebecca/32/520_2.png) [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/2 "2019-01-14T11:03:51Z")
oh right, the tags… i’m worst at that! ---
**Author:** ![Gavin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gavin](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Gavin)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/3 "2020-11-27T16:40:50Z")
What happened to this journal club @antonio.schettino ??? @pcmasuzzo and I mentioned it would be great to start one and I never knew that this had already been planned! How about we continue with the paper Paola posted earlier this month and then pick a new one for January? > **[Metascience as a scientific social movement](https://www.onscienceandacademia.org/t/metascience-as-a-scientific-social-movement/970)** > > Not sure it has already been highlighted, but this is a very interesting view on the reproducibility crisis, open research practices and metascience: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/4dsqa/. I’d love to exchange thoughts on it. I can start announcing them in the newsletter. Does this work for everybody? @pcmasuzzo, @antonio.schettino, @rebecca(please let me know by Monday - I can announce the journal club and the current paper in the IGDORE newsletter on Tuesday). [Edit - after my initially burst of excitement, it seems better to organise this a bit more and perhaps consider starting it in January] ---
**Author:** ![rebecca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/rebecca/32/520_2.png) [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/4 "2020-11-27T17:44:25Z")
Nowadays there is ReproducibiliTea, which is a quite established journal club. But perhaps only in psychology? Maybe there would be people interested in running a version of it here on the forum. > **[ReproducibiliTea](https://reproducibilitea.org/)** > > ReproducibiliTea - Journal Clubs for Open Science ---
**Author:** ![Gavin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gavin](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Gavin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/5 "2020-11-28T15:27:56Z")
I hadn’t heard of ReproducibiliTea before but it looks quite good, thanks for pointing it out @rebecca. I notice they are based around actual discussion sessions rather than forum exchanges - does anybody have a preference for verbal vs. written discussion (or both?). The written discussion would at least be more inclusive given the wide time zone distribution of forum users. ---
**Author:** ![antonio.schettino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/antonio.schettino/32/8_2.png) [@antonio.schettino](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/antonio.schettino)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/6 "2020-11-28T15:55:26Z")
> [@Gavin](#): > > What happened to this journal club @antonio.schettino ??? @pcmasuzzo and I mentioned it would be great to start one and I never knew that this had already been planned! As far as I can remember, there was no plan but just a general idea. I like it although, unfortunately, I am not sure I can guarantee regular contributions. > [@rebecca](#): > > Nowadays there is ReproducibiliTea, which is a quite established journal club. I lead the Erasmus ReproducibiliTea journal club. In case IGDORE wishes to open its own ReproTea chapter, I can help by providing information and sharing my own experience in Rotterdam. > [@Gavin](#): > > I notice they are based around actual discussion sessions rather than forum exchanges - does anybody have a preference for verbal vs. written discussion (or both?). True, all ReproTeas I know are live conversations, typically lasting between 45’ and 90’. I see the benefits of written discussions to accommodate different time zones, although I cannot immediately see how this format would be any different than a typical exchange of messages on this forum. ---
**Author:** ![Gavin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gavin](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Gavin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/7 "2020-11-28T18:12:52Z")
> [@antonio.schettino](#): > > I see the benefits of written discussions to accommodate different time zones, although I cannot immediately see how this format would be any different than a typical exchange of messages on this forum. Yeah, quite a few open science papers do get posted on the forum and receive varying engagement. I guess the point would just be too emphasise a given paper/post more - link it in the newsletter, twitter, facebook etc. to make it a particular focus for the month. Although the posts will still probably have quite variable engagement compared to people joining a meeting at a fixed time for a conversation. Is Erasmus ReproTea hosting virtual meetings now @antonio.schettino? do you get consistent attendance/engagement? I’d be happy to hear more about your experiences there! 😃 What about a hybrid approach? Announce a paper at the start of the month in a forum post, a written discussion can take place, and then we can have a meeting to discuss the paper and possibly some of the comments from people who aren’t present. ---
**Author:** ![antonio.schettino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/antonio.schettino/32/8_2.png) [@antonio.schettino](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/antonio.schettino)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/8 "2020-11-30T08:51:07Z")
> [@Gavin](#): > > I guess the point would just be too emphasise a given paper/post more - link it in the newsletter, twitter, facebook etc. to make it a particular focus for the month. Thanks, now I understand the added value… it’s a good idea! Perhaps we could start in January with an introduction to open science… @pcmasuzzo would surely have some nice suggestions, I usually recommend one of _her_ papers 😉 > [@Gavin](#): > > Is Erasmus ReproTea hosting virtual meetings now @antonio.schettino? Yes, since March all activities of the Open Science Community Rotterdam (including ReproTea) are online. Attendance and active participation are much higher than in-person meetings, so I think I will continue this fully online format even in a post-corona world. If you are curious about our activities, feel free to browse our [website](https://www.openscience-rotterdam.com/home/). > [@Gavin](#): > > What about a hybrid approach? Announce a paper at the start of the month in a forum post, a written discussion can take place, and then we can have a meeting to discuss the paper and possibly some of the comments from people who aren’t present. This is also a very cool idea! It should be piloted and might probably be a bit awkward at first, but it’s definitely worth a shot. ---
**Author:** ![pcmasuzzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/pcmasuzzo/32/456_2.png) [@pcmasuzzo](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/pcmasuzzo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/9 "2020-12-03T08:13:06Z")
Hi, and apologies for coming to the party a bit late (December is chaos at work, usually). I know pretty well the ReproducibiliTea and other journal clubs initiatives, too, I love this one for preprints, for example: [https://prereview.org/](https://prereview.org/) (great stuff from the preview folks). Anyway, my two cents are that these initiatives do not hamper or minimize what we could do on this space. I like the hybrid approach that @Gavin suggested, and we could definitely kick off with an intro to open science. I have a preprint that was never published (go figure) - which could benefit from feedback LOL (perhaps @antonio.schettino was referring to that one?). What do we do next? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![antonio.schettino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/antonio.schettino/32/8_2.png) [@antonio.schettino](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/antonio.schettino)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/10 "2020-12-03T08:26:55Z")
If you’re talking about [this one](https://peerj.com/preprints/2689/), yes 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pcmasuzzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/pcmasuzzo/32/456_2.png) [@pcmasuzzo](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/pcmasuzzo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/11 "2020-12-06T15:47:44Z")
Ahahah OK @antonio.schettino - a rather old one, but thanks for still pinging it to people 😉 January it is, then!@Gavin - shall we plan something in with a little more detail? ---
**Author:** ![Gavin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gavin](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Gavin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/monthly-journal-club/64/12 "2020-12-07T21:41:30Z")
> [@pcmasuzzo](#): > > January it is, then! @Gavin - shall we plan something in with a little more detail? We probably should do some planning. I found a few links about setting up ReproducibiliTea and Prereview journal clubs that I thought could be helpful. > **[Online ReproducibiliTea Events](https://reproducibilitea.org/online)** > > ReproducibiliTea - Journal Clubs for Open Science > **[PREreview resource center](https://content.prereview.org/resources/#toc-anchor_4)** > > IntroductionAt PREreview, we believe all researchers should be able to engage in honest and respectful conversations around emerging scientific output. Peer review is a fundamental aspect of being a researcher. However, formal peer review training is... ReproducibiliTea also has some suggestions for papers to start with in their [Zotero library](https://www.zotero.org/groups/2354006/reproducibilitea/collections/5EMUTRWM). Anyway, I will message you about the details and then we can post back here.