Section 7 of the By-law to Article 57C pertaining to the Faculty of Science
FELLOWSHIP OF THE FACULTY
7. Eligibility for Fellowship of the Faculty
7.1 Subject to By-law 8, a person is not eligible to be admitted as a Fellow of the Faculty
unless:
(1) that person:
(a) (i) is a senior scientist in a State or Territory of Australia, or of New Zealand or Hong
Kong, Singapore or Malaysia and is entitled to work as a scientist in his or her country of
domicile; and
(ii) holds a recognised post-graduate scientific qualification regarded as satisfactory by the
College Council; or
(b) is a Fellow of the College with demonstrated extensive involvement in science relating to
pathology; and
(2) that person satisfies any other terms and conditions prescribed by the College
Council pursuant to By-law 7.2.
7.2 The College Council will prescribe terms and conditions with which a person must
comply in order to be eligible to be admitted as a Fellow of the Faculty, including
terms and conditions relating to:
(1) Exemptions
(2) Curriculum
(3) Accreditation
(4) Training
(5) Examination components
(6) Assessments
and in this regard the College Council may seek recommendations by the Faculty
Committee.
7.3 The Chair of the Faculty, on behalf of the Faculty Committee, will make
recommendations through the BOC to Council as to suitability for admission to
Fellowship of the Faculty.
REQUIRED FORMAT FOR PUBLICATIONS
to be read in conjunction with the Policy and Information for Sponsors
Informal review
Publications must be grouped in themes or topics, numbered consecutively throughout the
list and arranged in reverse date order (most recent first) within each of the following
publication categories, as appropriate.
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Books – in Print
Books – in Press (date of acceptance)
Chapters – in Print
Chapters – in Press (date of acceptance)
Refereed Journals – in Print: Original Articles/Letters
Refereed Journals – in Print: Reviews
Refereed Journals – in Press: Original Articles/Letters (date of acceptance)
Refereed Journals – in Press: Reviews (date of acceptance)
Formal application
Two copies of a CD-ROM or USB should be submitted with the Formal Application where
two copies of all publications are required - numbered and grouped correctly according to
the format above.
Publications should follow the recommended format (see above) and indicate that the
Applicant has made significant and continuing contributions to pathology within the major
discipline nominated and should be numbered consecutively and grouped into areas of
interest. It will normally be expected that the Applicant will be able to demonstrate a
developing and sustained contribution to at least one clearly defined theme.
The assessors take into account the experience relevant to pathology (normally not less
than five years for medical Applicants and eight years for non-medical Applicants), the
quality of the work and the extent of the Applicant’s responsibility in joint publications.
The required standard is unlikely to be reached without the submission of at least 30 peerreviewed publications (which may include review articles) that make substantial high-quality
contributions to research and practice within the nominated discipline.
The Applicant should be the first or senior author on a minimum of ten of these submitted
papers. Case reports, notes on methodology, abstracts and proceedings of meetings should
not be submitted. Weighting will be given to publications in international specialist journals
appropriate to the discipline. The College is also prepared to consider applications based on
publications which are limited by confidentiality – refer to Policy.
Please note: The ISI Web of Knowledge Five-Year journal impact factor, H-index, Eigen
rating should be stated where available.
APPLICATION FOR FELLOWSHIP OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE (RESEARCH) RCPA
by published works
INFORMATION FOR SPONSORS
Applicants will require a Sponsor, who will be a Fellow of the College or Fellow of the Faculty
of Science to support them in the Informal review and the Formal application.
Sponsors should read the Policy “Fellowship of the Faculty of Science (Research) RCPA by
published works” for a full explanation of the application process. For the Informal review,
the Sponsor will not be asked to provide any written support for the Applicant but should be
prepared to advise the Applicant on their eligibility and the suitability of their publications.
Sponsors should give consideration when agreeing to Sponsor an Applicant for Informal
review that they substantially fulfil the requirements.
Potential Sponsors who have doubts about the quality of an application are encouraged to
seek the advice of the Faculty of Science Principal Examiner of the nominated discipline.
Please email fscadmin@rcpa.edu.au for advice.
If the Applicant is successful at Informal review and decides to proceed with a Formal
application, Sponsors are requested to specify the major contribution to knowledge made by
the Applicant in the chosen discipline, to indicate the standard of the work and to identify the
Applicant’s innovative contribution to the field. When multi-author papers are submitted,
Sponsors are required to verify and comment on the relative contribution made by the
Applicant to each paper. Although such estimates are often difficult, they are essential for
the assessor’s evaluations.
Publications guidelines are listed below:
Publications should follow the recommended format (see below) and indicate that the
Applicant has made significant and continuing contributions to pathology within the major
discipline nominated and should be grouped into areas of interest. It will normally be
expected that the Applicant will be able to demonstrate a developing and sustained
contribution to at least one clearly defined theme.
The assessors take into account the experience relevant to pathology (normally not less
than five years for medical Applicants and eight years for non-medical Applicants), the
quality of the work and the extent of the Applicant’s responsibility in joint publications.
The required standard is unlikely to be reached without the submission of at least 30 peerreviewed publications (which may include review articles) that make substantial high-quality
contributions to research and practice within the nominated discipline.
The Applicant should be the first or senior author on a minimum of ten of these submitted
papers. Case reports, notes on methodology, abstracts and proceedings of meetings should
not be submitted. Weighting will be given to publications in international specialist journals
appropriate to the discipline. The College is also prepared to consider applications based on
publications which are limited by confidentiality as per the Policy.
Format of publications list:
Publications must be grouped in themes or topics, numbered consecutively throughout the
list and arranged in reverse date order (most recent first) within each of the following
publication categories, as appropriate.
Books – in Press (date of acceptance)
Books – in Print
Chapters – in Print
Chapters – in Press (date of acceptance)
Refereed Journals – in Print: Original Articles/Letters
Refereed Journals – in Print: Reviews
Refereed Journals – in Press: Original Articles/Letters
Refereed Journals – in Press: Reviews
The ISI Web of Knowledge Five-Year journal impact factor, H-index and Eigen rating must
be stated for each publication where available.