Reviewers are getting a raise
As of January 18, 2016, reviewers will receive 12 AMS Points for each review they submit that is published in MathSciNet. That’s a 50% raise! Mathematical Reviews very much appreciates the efforts of...
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Update Your Author Profile and receive a free AMS eBook
Authors may update their own author profiles with the native script version of their name, a personal photo, personal email, and URL. For a limited time, authors who update their profiles will receive...
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Metadata
MathSciNet is full of metadata. We create our own metadata. We receive metadata from many of the publishers of the journals we cover. So what are metadata? (Or what is metadata?) The simplest...
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Twenty thousand reviewers!
As of November 12, Mathematical Reviews has over 20,000 active reviewers! The input of researchers from around the world helps to make MathSciNet such a valuable tool. We are truly grateful for your...
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#Citations
Mathematicians are good at counting. We can count the number of ways to roll a 7 with two dice. (Answer = 6.) We can count the number of ways to shuffle a deck of cards so that every card is not in...
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Job Posting – Associate Editor at Mathematical Reviews
Mathematical Reviews is hiring! We are looking for a new Associate Editor to start in late spring or summer 2018. The new editor should have expertise in algebra and an interest in a range of...
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Math in the time of coronavirus
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...
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A Librarian’s Guide to MathSciNet. A Choice Webinar
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...
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MathSciNet, Uzbekistan, and the MDC Program
There is a nice news item on the AMS website about MathSciNet, Uzbekistan, and the MathSciNet for Developing Countries Program, also known as the MDC Program. In very specific terms, the piece tells...
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MathSciNet for Developing Countries Program
My latest column has been published in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. The topic is the MathSciNet for Developing Countries Program, or “MDC”, which was a topic in an earlier post...
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