Phase 1

On April 4, 2022, we hosted a virtual workshop to discuss the current state of rigor and reproducibility in the field of thermal heterogeneous catalysis. This free, virtual seminar included talks from 6 speakers from a diverse set of fields and one panel discussion. The goal of this seminar was to open a dialog within the community and introduce a common language that we can all use to discuss the issues. Most of us have anecdotal stories concerning failures to reproduce data internally within our group or observed an apparent lack of rigor in reports in literature, but how widespread is the problem? What are possible systemic, institutional, or individual causes? How do researchers think about these problems in other fields? Can this problem be “solved,” and what would even be considered progress? What does it mean for data to be reproducible?