Response to Ward et al.: "Accountability in Indigenous research governance: improving the Barry et al. (2026) framework"

Corey J. A. Bradshaw; Christine Barry; Bob Muir; Vincent Backhaus; Cynthia Coyne; Emma Donnelly; Elizabeth Evans-Illidge; Luciana C. Ferreira; David Flagg; Michael-Shawn Fletcher; Adrian C. Gleiss; Matthew Harris; Jenna L. Hounslow; Danielle Kampers; Linda Keevers-Lock; Charmaine Koroi; Jayshree Mamtora; Melissa Marshall; Mark G. Meekan; Anne Poelina; Yanti Ropeyarn; Lynette Russell; Michele Thums; Raymond Tobler; Sean Ulm

doi:10.1093/biosci/biag092

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Response to Ward et al.: "Accountability in Indigenous research governance: improving the Barry et al. (2026) framework"

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Response to Ward et al.: "Accountability in Indigenous research governance: improving the Barry et al. (2026) framework"

Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Christine Barry, Bob Muir, Vincent Backhaus, Cynthia Coyne, Emma Donnelly, Elizabeth Evans-Illidge, Luciana C. Ferreira, David Flagg, Michael-Shawn Fletcher, …

Bioscience, Ahead-of-Print

2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biag092

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Ward and colleagues (2026) claim to “strengthen” our publication–governance framework, but their critique repeatedly mistakes what our framework outlines, who has enforceable duties under research–integrity systems, and what the Ward and colleagues (2022) retraction example actually demonstrates.

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Title: Response to Ward et al.: "Accountability in Indigenous research governance: improving the Barry et al. (2026) framework"
Authors/Creators: Corey J. A. Bradshaw - Flinders University
Christine Barry - Murdoch University
Bob Muir - Australian Institute of Marine Science
Vincent Backhaus - Australian Research Council
Cynthia Coyne - Griffith University
Emma Donnelly - Australian Institute of Marine Science
Elizabeth Evans-Illidge - Australian Institute of Marine Science
Luciana C. Ferreira - Australian Institute of Marine Science
David Flagg - Australian Institute of Marine Science
Michael-Shawn Fletcher - The University of Melbourne
Adrian C. Gleiss - Murdoch University
Matthew Harris - Australian Research Council
Jenna L. Hounslow - Murdoch University
Danielle Kampers - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Linda Keevers-Lock - Pew Charitable Trusts
Charmaine Koroi - Australian Institute of Marine Science
Jayshree Mamtora - James Cook University
Melissa Marshall - The University of Notre Dame Australia
Mark G. Meekan - Ocean Institute
Anne Poelina - Charles Darwin University
Yanti Ropeyarn - James Cook University
Lynette Russell - Australian Research Council
Michele Thums - Australian Institute of Marine Science
Raymond Tobler - Australian National University
Sean Ulm - Australian Research Council
Publication Details: Bioscience, Ahead-of-Print
Publisher: Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences
Number of pages: 3
Identifiers: 991005897862507891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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