We are hiring! We are looking for a new Associate Editor to start as soon as possible in 2021 The job is posted on MathJobs.org (of course!).
The AMS and EBSCO Information Services are sponsoring a webinar about MathSciNet for librarians. It is part of the Choice Webinar Series from the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 23 at 2:00pm (EDT).
We have uploaded video recordings of MathSciNet demos done at the virtual JMM 2021.
Check them out on YouTube!
While many businesses have seen significant downturns during the pandemic, several scholarly publishers have reported increases in submissions in the first part of 2020. There are various studies and articles about the phenomenon. Meanwhile, at Mathematical Reviews, we have not noticed any significant increase in the number of publications in mathematics during 2020. Note that we count publications and the announcements and studies just mentioned are counting submissions. In what follows, I look at some data about publications in mathematics in 2020, with comparisons to 2019. the data come from four sources: Dimensions, Web of Science, the Mathematical Reviews Database, and the arXiv.
Thank you to everyone who came to the demonstrations of MathSciNet as part of JMM 2021. By rough count, between 150 and 200 people attended the demos!
Here are some links that were distributed in the chats:
We hope to see you all at JMM2022!
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The winners of the prizes and awards associated with the 2021 JMM have been announced. You can find more information about them in the Prize Booklet. Below is a list of the prizewinners, with links to their author profiles in MathSciNet. Some of the winners don’t have author profiles in MathSciNet, such as the journalists Richard Campbell and Rosemary Pennington from Miami University who are receiving the JPBM Communications Award or Lynda Wiest, who has published over 175 books, articles, and chapters on topics in mathematics education, educational equity, and teacher education. For some others, there is an author profile in MathSciNet, but it only represents a small fraction of their publications, such as Erica Klarreich, who is also receiving the JPBM Communications Award. Her earliest publications, which are in MathSciNet, are on Kleinian group actions, but the main body of her work is in places like Quanta Magazine, Nature, New Scientist, and The Atlantic. If there was no author profile in MathSciNet, the link in the list below is to their webpage.
The prizes and awards represent various bands in the spectrum of the world of mathematics. There are undergraduates being recognized for their research, as well as senior professors being recognized for lifetime achievement. Several people are being recognized for broadening mathematics, through communication or diversity efforts. Some are being recognized for excellence in teaching. I congratulate the winners. They represent the many ways that people make the mathematics community better. Continue reading
At the virtual JMM2021, there will be four demonstrations of how to use MathSciNet. They are themed:
| Date / Time | Day | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 12:00 MST / 2:00 EST |
Wednesday | MathSciNet for undergraduate and graduate students | Ursula Whitcher |
| Jan 7, 12:00 MST / 2:00 EST |
Thursday | MathSciNet for early career mathematicians | Andrés Caicedo |
| Jan 8, 12:00 MST / 2:00 EST |
Friday | MathSciNet for mid-career mathematicians: editing, refereeing, letters | Edward Dunne |
| Jan 9, 12:00 MST / 2:00 EST |
Saturday | MathSciNet for early career mathematicians | Michael Jones |
There is more information about each demo at the virtual booth for Mathematical Reviews.
Note: You need to register for the JMM in order to participate in the demos. There was no special rate for early registration, so don’t fret if you haven’t registered already – you will get the same rate as if you had registered on Day One!
I hope to see you at one of the demonstrations!
My latest column has appeared in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. The column looks at correlations between citations counts and other forms of recognition, such as winning awards. The title rather gives a lot away: Don’t Count on It.
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© Nobel Media. Ill. Niklas Elmehed.
Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have been named as the winners of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 (also known as the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics). While the prize is for Economics, they work in the area of auction theory, which is a blend of economics, computer science, and mathematics. Indeed, Milgrom was an undergraduate mathematics major at the University of Michigan.
Last May, I wrote a piece about Otto Neugebauer and the founding of Mathematical Reviews. I find Neugebauer’s story compelling. A revised version of that blog post was published in the October 2020 issue of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. Since I had the benefit of an editor, this version is undoubtedly better. It is available here.
