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Public engagement with reproducibility is crucial for fostering trust in science. This Community Page outlines, through the example of baking Christmas tree meringues, how scientists can effectively engage and educate the public about the importance of reproducibility in research., Competing Interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: FN received funding from the French National Research Agency, the French ministry of health and the French ministry of research. He is a work package leader in the OSIRIS project (Open Science to Increase Reproducibility in Science), as are IS, VE and HR. CV and MK are also PhD student in this project. FN is also work package leader for the doctoral network MSCA-DN SHARE-CTD (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01 101120360), funded by the EU. LC has no conflict of interests to disclose., (Copyright: © 2024 Vinatier et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)

Background: Research culture is strongly influenced by academic incentives and pressures such as the imperative to publish in academic journals, and can influence the nature and quality of the evidence we produce., Objective: The purpose of this rapid scoping review is to capture the breadth of differential pressures and contributors to current research culture, drawing together content from empirical research specific to the health and biomedical sciences., Study Design and Setting: PubMed and Web of Science were searched for empirical studies of influences and impacts on health and biomedical research culture, published between January 2012 and April 2024. Data charting extracted the key findings and relationships in research culture from included papers such as workforce composition; equitable access to research; academic journal trends, incentives, and reproducibility; erroneous research; questionable research practices; biases vested interests; and misconduct. A diverse author network was consulted to ensure content validity of the proposed framework of i) inclusivity, ii) transparency, iii) rigor, and iv) objectivity., Results: A growing field of studies examining research culture exists ranging from the inclusivity of the scientific workforce, the transparency of the data generated, the rigor of the methods used and the objectivity of the researchers involved. Figurative diagrams are presented to storyboard the links between research culture content and findings., Conclusion: The wide range of research culture influences in the recent literature indicates the need for coordinated and sustained research culture conversations. Core principles in effective research environments should include inclusive collaboration and diverse research workforces, rigorous methodological approaches, transparency, data sharing, and reflection on scientific objectivity., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest L.U. is an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology but was not involved in the editorial handling or peer review of this article. J.B. receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (Ideas grant APP1184263 and APP2029249). M.M. is chair of the UK Reproducibility Network Supervisory Board. C.L. is funded by the ERC Synergy Grant NanoBubbles and has no conflicts of interest to declare. T.S. and L.M. have no conflicts of interest to declare. A.T. is funded by a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in knowledge synthesis for knowledge users and is also coeditor of The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology but had no involvement with the processing of this paper or any decisions related to this paper. D.M. is on the editorial board of JCE and one of the guest editors on the ‘Methodological aspects of research integrity and culture’ series in JCE but had no involvement with the process or decision to publish. F.N. received funding from the French National Research Agency (ANR-17-CE36-0010), the French ministry of health, and the French ministry of research. He is a work-package leader in the OSIRIS project (Open Science to Increase Reproducibility in Science). The OSIRIS project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 101094725. He is a work-package leader for the doctoral network MSCA-DN SHARE-CTD (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01 101,120,360), funded by the EU. He is part of the Lown List of Industry-Independent Health Experts. There are no competing interests for any other author., (Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)