What is a Reproducibility Network (RN)?
Reproducibility Networks (RNs) exist to bring together different communities across their research ecosystem, with the aim of improving the rigour, transparency and reproducibility of research, in the context of academic freedom. These improvements often require collaboration and coordination across the research landscape, which is the underlying purpose of RNs. RNs are typically national but may be regional.
The values of RNs are therefore:
- fostering and supporting collaboration and coordination as ways of working across the
research system - promoting rigour, transparency and reproducibility as core attributes of research
- embedding academic freedom as a foundational principle
RNs are typically organised on a national or, occasionally, regional level to follow the structure of the existing academic research ecosystems. A list of current national RNs is available on this website.
What is the Global Federation of Reproducibility Networks?
The Global Federation of Reproducibility Networks (GFRN) is a mechanism that enables and supports collaboration and coordination between the individual RNs. Its aims are to:
- to strengthen and advance the shared values of RNs and therefore protect the reputation of the RNs as trusted leaders in research quality.
- promote collaboration and coordination between the RNs;
- promote external engagement and influence beyond the RNs.
The members of the GFRN are the RNs as networks, not individual people.