Sticking to the rules on conduct advice

The ARC, NHMRC and Universities Australia have produced a guide on the research conduct code for integrity advisors. Think it’s straightforward? Think again, as the guide makes clear.

When everyone’s a critic

Writing peer review reports is often self-taught so Sin Wang Chong (Queen’s U Belfast) and Shannon Mason (Nagasaki and Murdoch Us) have written a how-to. There’s a bunch of detail on how it is done and one briefly stated goal, reviews should be “constructive yet compassionate.”