Thank you for bringing it up Amy, as always. :) This is an important issue as you said. For example, new scholars might suffer from harsh/personal criticism and choose to leave academia for unnecessary reasons before they’re “toughened up”.

I wonder if you have seen or have thought of any practical advice to deal with this issue. Things like changing the model of peer review are necessary, but will take time to happen. I’m more talking about the advice that we could use in practice right now to help prevent unwanted consequences caused by academic criticism (e.g., mental illness, demotivated to do research and even leave academia).

At a high level, the critic should give constructive and non-personal critique, and the critique receiver should detach personal emotions about the work and toughen up. Easier said than done though. Are there any practical tips for both sides?