Seminar
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| Location: | SLMath: Baker Board Room, Online/Virtual |
Ilka Agricola (in person)
Title: The Clarivate ban on Highly Cited Researchers in mathematics; Abstract: In November 2023, Clarivate Plc (the company calculating the impact factor and selling the database Web of Science) announced that it had excluded the entire field of mathematics from the most recent edition of its influential list of authors of highly-cited papers ("HCRs"). What are the deeper problems behind this decision, what are the consequences, and why should we care?
Bio: Ilka Agricola is Full Professor of Differential Geometry and Global Analysis at the Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany) and Past President of the German Mathematical Society (DMV, 2021-22), and will be visiting SLMath in autumn 2024. She is currently Chair of the IMU (International Mathematical Union) Committee on Electronic Information and Communication, which has been asked by the IMU Executive Committee to further investigate the background of the Clarivate decision.
2) Ivan Oransky (remote)
Title: Do math papers get retracted? Abstract: Retractions are on the rise, and perhaps not enough. Why, and what does this mean for mathematics?
Bio: Ivan Oransky is co-founder of Retraction Watch, editor in chief of The Transmitter, and Distinguished Journalist in Residence at New York University's Arthur Carter Journalism Institute. He also serves as Special Advisor for Scientific Publishing at the Simons Foundation, a role that includes oversight of the Foundation's support of the arXiv. Ivan trained as a physician and has held leadership roles at journalism organizations including Scientific American and Reuters, and his work has appeared in publications including Nature, Science, and The New York Times.
3) Olaf Teschke (remote)
Title: What can we learn from open services on the publication behaviour in mathematics? Abstract: A high degree of reliability and trust is expected from mathematics publications, and for a long time, the community has established numerous procedures to ensure them. However, in a rapidly changing landscape, also mathematics publications are impacted by career and funding incentives, resulting in adaptive behaviour. We illustrate what can be learned from open services about the current status of the mathematics publications ecosystem, with a special focus on zbMATH Open.
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